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Spell Bee Word: Restless

Restless (adjective): unable to stay still or relax, often because you are bored, worried or excited.


What does restless mean?

Word: Restless

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Restless means unable to stay still or relax, often because you are bored, worried or excited.

Synonyms: fidgety, uneasy

Antonyms: relaxed, still

How do you spell restless?

Syllables: rest - less

Tricky part: Students who say it fast drop the t and write resless. The t of rest stays.

Watch out for: resless, rastless

Memory tip: A restless child cannot rest, so the whole word rest, t and all, comes first.

Restless in a sentence

Example 1: The horses grew restless as the storm came closer.

Example 2: I spent a restless night before the school play.

Example 3: The restless toddler kept climbing on and off the sofa.

Fun Fact

Hamsters often seem restless at night because they are most active after dark and sleep for much of the day.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

rest____

a) les
b) liss
c) lass
d) less

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d) less. The suffix meaning without is less, always with two s's.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: restless

a) calm
b) tired
c) nervous
d) noisy

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a) calm. A calm person is still and peaceful, not restless.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) anxeous
b) restless
c) fidgity
d) nervus

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b) restless. Nervous, anxious and fidgety are misspelt here; restless is spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tsleress

a) restless
b) tireless
c) reckless
d) spotless

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a) restless. Tireless needs an i, reckless a c and a k, and spotless a p and an o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zoe felt restless all evening. Why might she have felt that way?

a) she had just eaten a good meal
b) she had slept well the night before
c) she was lying on a soft sofa
d) she was waiting for her exam results

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d) she was waiting for her exam results

2. A restless sea has ____.

a) clear blue water
b) a thick fog over it
c) choppy, moving waves
d) perfectly flat water

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c) choppy, moving waves

Associated Words

Words that end in -less: hopeless, priceless, pointless, useless, senseless, speechless

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: uneasy

More words from this list

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