sleepwalker

Thân thiện

A child sleepwalker walks slowly down a hallway at night.

Definition

Noun: A person who walks or performs other activities while asleep; someone who experiences or exhibits the condition of somnambulism.

Usage

The term "sleepwalker" specifically refers to the person performing the act. It is a compound noun formed from "sleep" and "walker." It is used to describe an individual, often in medical, psychological, or general descriptive contexts. * The doctor asked if anyone in the family was a sleepwalker. * As a child, she was a known sleepwalker and would often be found in the kitchen. * The sleepwalker moved through the house with their eyes open but unseeing.

Advanced Usage

• The concept can be extended metaphorically to describe a person who acts mechanically or without conscious awareness in their daily life.
  • After the shocking news, he moved through his routine like a sleepwalker, numb to everything around him.

Variants and Related Words

• Sleepwalking (n): The activity or condition of walking while asleep. (e.g., )
• Sleepwalk (v): To walk while asleep. (e.g., )
• Somnambulist (n): A formal, often clinical, synonym for "sleepwalker."

Synonyms

• Somnambulist
• Noctambulist (less common)

Related Idioms/Phrases

• To be/act like a sleepwalker: To move or behave in a dazed, unthinking, or automatic manner.
  • Exhausted from the long shift, the nurses moved through the final hours like sleepwalkers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who walks about in their sleep

Từ đồng nghĩa

• somnambulist
• noctambulist