| Main Entry: | fidget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move restlessly |
Synonyms: |
be antsy, be hyper, be nervous, be on pins and needles, be spooked, be wired, bustle, chafe, fiddle, fret, fuss, hitch, jiggle, jitter, joggle, jump, play, squirm, stir, toss, trifle, twiddle, twitch, wiggle, worry |
Antonyms: |
be still, relax, rest |
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
Synonyms: |
all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment |
Antonyms: |
assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | fiddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess with, tinker |
Synonyms: |
dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, twiddle |
| Main Entry: | jiggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bob, fidget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | jitters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervousness |
Synonyms: |
anxiety, dither, fidgets, heebie-jeebies, jumps, nerves, shakes, shivers, tenseness, willies |
Antonyms: |
calmness |
| Main Entry: | nervousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxious state |
Synonyms: |
agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness, collectedness |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce music |
Synonyms: |
blow, bow, drum, execute, fiddle, fidget, finger, operate, pedal, perform, render, tickle, work |
Antonyms: |
listen |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, fritter, futz around, horse around, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess with, misuse, monkey, monkey with, palter, philander, play, play games with, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at |
| Main Entry: | ants in one's pants |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fidgetiness |
Synonyms: |
heebie-jeebies, itching, restlessness, the fidgets |
| Main Entry: | all-overs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jitter |
Synonyms: |
fidget, jump, nervousness, tremble, uneasiness |