restless Definition

rest¹
noun

1. A period of relaxation or freedom from work, activity, worry, etc.

Thesaurus: relaxation, siesta.
2. Sleep; repose.

Thesaurus: sleep, slumber.
3. Calm; tranquillity.

Thesaurus: repose, quiet, tranquillity, calm, peace, peacefulness.
4. A pause from some activity.

Example: stopped half way up the hill for a rest
5. Death, when seen as repose.
6. A prop or support, eg for a billiard cue, etc.
7. A place or thing which holds or supports something.

Example: a headrest on a car seat
8. A pause in reading, speaking, etc.
9a. music.
An interval of silence in a piece of music;
Example: two bars' rest
9b. music.
A mark indicating the duration of this.
10. A place for resting, especially a lodging for sailors.

verb rested, resting

tr & intr
1. To stop or make something stop working or moving.
intr
2. To relax, especially by sleeping or stopping some activity.

Thesaurus: relax, sleep, doze, repose, lie down, recuperate, settle down, nap.
tr & intr
3. To set, place or lie on or against something for support.

Example: rested her arm on the chair
intr
4. To be calm and free from worry.
tr & intr
5. To give or have as a basis or support.

Example: will rest my argument on practicalities
tr & intr
6. To depend or make something depend or be based on or in.
tr & intr
7. Said of the eyes: to remain or make them remain looking in a certain direction, or at a certain person or thing.
intr
8. To be left without further attention, discussion or action.

Example: let the matter rest there
intr
9. To lie dead or buried.
intr
10. Said of farmland: to lie without a crop in order to regain its fertility.
intr
11. colloq
Said of an actor: to be unemployed.

Derivative: rester
noun

Derivative: restful

Bringing or giving rest, or producing a sensation of calm, peace and rest.
Thesaurus: calm, tranquil, serene, languid, relaxed, unhurried; peaceful, relaxing, soothing, calming, tranquilizing; Antonym: disturbed, disturbing.

Relaxed; at rest.

Derivative: restfully
adverb

Derivative: restfulness
noun

Derivative: resting

Not moving, working, etc; at rest.

colloq
Said especially of an actor: not working; unemployed.

Derivative: restless

Constantly moving about or fidgeting; unable to stay still or quiet.
Thesaurus: wandering, roving, shifting, nomadic, turbulent, unsteady, footloose.

Constantly active or in motion; unceasing.

Giving no rest; not restful.
Example: a restless night

Worried, nervous and uneasy.
Thesaurus: anxious, nervous, restive, fitful, fretful, troubled; Antonym: calm, relaxed.

Derivative: restlessly
adverb

Derivative: restlessness
noun

The state or quality of being worried, nervous and uneasy
Thesaurus: agitation, edginess, fitfulness, restiveness, uneasiness, anxiety, instability, jumpiness, turmoil; Antonym: calmness, relaxation.

Idiom: at rest

Not moving or working; stationary.
Thesaurus: resting, dormant, inert, inactive, immobile.

Free from trouble, worry, etc.
Example: set his mind at rest

Asleep.

Dead.

Idiom: lay someone to rest

To bury or inter them.
Thesaurus: bury, inter, entomb.

Idiom: rest one's case

To conclude the calling of witnesses and presentation of arguments in a law case.

To bring one's argument to a close.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon roest.