squirmer
Can't sit still
A squirmer is someone or something that squirms—wriggling or twisting uncomfortably.
The word often describes restless children: The little squirmer wouldn't sit still for the photo.
It can also characterize someone who becomes visibly uncomfortable under pressure or scrutiny: Watch him turn into a squirmer when they ask about the missing funds.
Nervously unable to settle
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- wrigglerOne that twists about
- wigglerSomething that wriggles
- restiveStubbornly resistant to control
hyperactive · impatient · jittery · twitchy · agitated · bouncy · frisky · animated
fidgety
Nervously unable to settle
restive · hyperactive · impatient · jittery · twitchy · agitated · bouncy · frisky · animated · lively
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- tenseStrained or nervous
- edgyTense and irritable
jittery · fearful · agitated · panicky · worried · stressed · alarmed · distressed · perturbed · overwrought
inchworm
Looping moth larva
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- earthwormSegmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
- larvaImmature feeding stage
grub · maggot · nematode · tadpole · eel · wiggler · crawler · creepy-crawly · annelid · nymph
- Fidgetersfidgeter, wiggler, pacer, nail biter, nervous wreck
- driven peoplego-getter, striver, hustler, dynamo, eager beaver