Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun unrest

2 senses of unrest

Sense 1
agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest -- (a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest")
       => turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang -- (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence")

Sense 2
unrest -- (a feeling of restless agitation)
       => agitation -- (the feeling of being agitated; not calm)