nightwalker
Sleeper who roams
A nightwalker is someone who roams around at night.
The word carries sinister or illicit connotations—historically it meant a prostitute or thief who worked under cover of darkness.
In fantasy fiction, nightwalker often names undead creatures or vampiric beings that emerge after sunset: The nightwalkers rose from their graves at dusk.
Blood-drinking undead creature
- revenantReturned from death
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
specter · phantom · demon · apparition · zombie · shade · spirit · haunt
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- darknessTotal absence of light
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
prowler · shadows · streetlamp · alley · midnight · afterhours · curfew · lamplighter
vampire
Blood-drinking undead creature
wraith · specter · phantom · demon · apparition · zombie · shade · spirit · haunt · lycanthrope
moonlight
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
nighttime · prowler · shadows · streetlamp · alley · midnight · afterhours · curfew · lamplighter · wanderer
stalker
Obsessive, unwelcome follower
shadow · tracker · creep · intruder · lurker · predator · menace · threat · follower · watcher
streetwalker
One who solicits outdoors
- solicitingActively seeking responses
- redlightTraffic control beacon
- hookerSex worker, informally
escort · vice · trade · curb · kerb · pickup · johns · stroll · hustle · working
nightwalkerday laborer
Casual hired worker
churchgoer · proper lady · gentleman · pillar of the community
nightwalkerdaywalker
Creature unharmed by sunlight
light being · angel · phoenix · seraph