fidgety

F4I1D2G2E1T1Y4
/ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/

adjective

Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

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Meanings

adjectivefidgety (comparative fidgetier, superlative fidgetiest)

comparative fidgetier · superlative fidgetiest · alternative archaic fidgetty

  1. Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

    A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you.

    1999, Laurie Waldstein, Leslie Zinberg, The Pink and Blue Toddler and Preschooler Pages
    1 more example

    I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […]

    1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiii

    Synonyms: antsy, fretful, itchy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

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antsyfretfulitchy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenervous and unable to relax

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antsyfretfulitchyrestlesstense
Also see
antsyfretfulitchyrestiverestlesstensewiggly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From fidget + -y.

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Translations

Dutch ongedurig, priegelig
  • ongedurighaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • priegelighaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Finnish hermostunut, levoton
  • hermostunuthaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • levotonhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
French agité
  • agitéhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Greek ανήσυχος
  • ανήσυχος (anísychos)having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Hungarian nyugtalan
  • nyugtalanhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Latvian kustīgs
  • kustīgshaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Māori manawarū, oreore
  • manawarūhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • oreorehaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • maikutuhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Russian вертля́вый, непосе́дливый
  • вертля́вый (vertljávyj)having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • непосе́дливый (neposédlivyj)having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
Turkish kıpır kıpır, kıpırdak
  • kıpır kıpırhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • kıpırdakhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
  • kıpraşıkhaving, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
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APA

fidgety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidgety

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Chicago

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