restive
How to pronounce restive:
Synonyms for restive:
adamant
agitated
antsy
balky
contrary
contumacious
defiant
disobedient
dissident
dogged
edgy
fidgety
fractious
fretful
froward
high-strung
highly strung
ill at ease
impatient
insubordinate
insurgent
intractable
jittery
jumpy
mischievous
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Antonyms for restive:
arcadian
assuaged
assured
at ease
at peace
blissful
calm
calm and collected
calming
carefree
casual
cheerful
cheery
chilled
chuffed
collected
comfortable
complacent
composed
content
contented
cool
cool as a cucumber
cool-headed
coolheaded
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Other 2-syllable words like restive
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like restive does.
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- rearrange
- truer
- charpoy
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- dumbest
- trochaic
- cloistered
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- prey
- moping
- sharply
- chisel
- crying
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- cartrage
- curtain
- igneous
- wholly
- cuirass
- falling
- trigger
- winner
- ethics
- laughter
- grow up
- creaking
- pity
- coming
- regret
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