somnambulism

Noun

Meaning

A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sleepwalking noctambulism somnambulation noctambulation somnambulance daze bye-bye course circuit constitutional airing trance amnesia fugue reverie
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Antonyms

work business enlightenment scurry attention stay
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Hypernyms

walk walking sleeping

Examples

To the somnambulist, sleep-walking may seem more pleasant and less hazardous than wakeful walking, but the latter is the wiser mode of locomotion in the congested traffic of a modern community. It is about time to abandon judicial somnambulism. Jerome Frank

It described the possible occurrence of alterations in the patient's state of consciousness or identity, and included the symptoms of "amnesia, somnambulism, fugue, and multiple personality." Source: Internet

In somnambulism the individual gets up from his/her sleep and wanders around while still sleeping. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

somnambulic somnambulically somnambulise somnambulist somnambulistic somnambulistically