somnambulist
Nocturnal unconscious walker
A somnambulist is a sleepwalker—someone who walks or performs other activities while asleep.
The term is formal and literary; most people simply say sleepwalker: The somnambulist wandered through the house, eyes open but unseeing.
Figuratively, it can describe someone moving through life in a daze, as if not fully awake.
Walking during sleep
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- ambulateTo walk about
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
trance · automatism · nocturnal · pajamas · hallway · bedroom · staircase · unconscious
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- unawarenessState of not knowing
stupor · dissociation · amnesia · unresponsive · blank · fugue · catatonic · robotic
Dark, mysterious aesthetic
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- BelliniItalian artistic dynasty name
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
Victorian · asylum · mesmerism · magnetism · hypnotism · séance · supernatural · uncanny
Likely to cause injury
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- fallsDescends or declines
- stairsSet of steps
windows · injury · precarious · unaware · oblivious · disoriented · wandering · traffic
Dreamlike and strange
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- trance-likeDeeply absorbed, detached state
otherworldly · hallucinatory · illusory · spectral · ghostly · drifting · gliding · vacant
noctambulism
Walking during sleep
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- ambulateTo walk about
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
roaming · trance · automatism · nocturnal · pajamas · hallway · bedroom · staircase · unconscious · episodes
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
unawareness · stupor · dissociation · amnesia · unresponsive · blank · fugue · catatonic · robotic · mechanical
gothic
Dark, mysterious aesthetic
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- BelliniItalian artistic dynasty name
- operaTheatrical art combining song
melodrama · Victorian · asylum · mesmerism · magnetism · hypnotism · séance · supernatural · uncanny · eerie
hazardous
Likely to cause injury
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- fallsDescends or declines
stairs · windows · injury · precarious · unaware · oblivious · disoriented · wandering · traffic · outdoors
surreal
Dreamlike and strange
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
trance-like · otherworldly · hallucinatory · illusory · spectral · ghostly · drifting · gliding · vacant · unseeing
somnambulistinsomniac
Person who cannot sleep
light sleeper · narcoleptic · sentinel · watchman · night owl