sleepwalker
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.
Noun
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someone who walks about in their sleep
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