sleepwalk
Unconscious midnight stroll
To sleepwalk is to walk around while asleep, performing activities without conscious awareness.
The condition is also called somnambulism.
Figuratively, to sleepwalk through something is to do it mechanically, without full engagement or attention: He sleepwalked through his morning routine.
The team sleepwalked into defeat.
Walking during deep sleep
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
unaware · asleep · REM · night · nocturnal · episode · parasomnia · disorder
Move without fixed direction
- roamTravel without fixed purpose
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- driftGradual movement, no direction
amble · meander · navigate · climb · rise · pace · stagger · lurch
Automated vehicle guidance system
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- zombieReanimated dead body
- dazeBewildered mental state
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
routine · unthinking · passive · disengaged · mindless · going through motions · detached · inattentive
somnambulism
Walking during deep sleep
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
dissociation · unaware · asleep · REM · night · nocturnal · episode · parasomnia · disorder · arousal
wander
Move without fixed direction
drift · amble · meander · navigate · climb · rise · pace · stagger · lurch · fumble
autopilot
Automated vehicle guidance system
mechanical · routine · unthinking · passive · disengaged · mindless · going through motions · detached · inattentive · numb
- sleepnap, doze, naps, snooze, dreaming
- negligence expressionsdrop the ball, asleep at the wheel, let slide, slack off, caught napping
- nocturnenight sky, midnight, moonlight, nightfall, nocturnal
sleepwalkpay attention
Concentrate on something
be present · concentrate · apply oneself · be mindful · stay alert
sleepwalkwide awake
Totally alert and attentive
vigilant · sharp · attentive · on one's toes · hypervigilant
sleepwalking, sleepwalker, sleepwalks, sleepwalkers, sleepwalked