somnambulistic
Walking while asleep
Somnambulistic describes behavior characteristic of sleepwalking—moving about or performing actions while asleep or in a sleeplike state.
The word extends figuratively to describe anyone acting in a dazed, mechanical, or unconscious manner: He moved through his morning routine in a somnambulistic fog.
The term suggests automation without awareness, going through motions without being mentally present.
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
otherworldly · illusory · dazed · vacant · glassy-eyed · detached · fugue · trancelike
Involuntary mechanical behavior
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
instinctual · subconscious · reflex · insensible · stupor · daze · entranced · hypnotic
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
automatism · nocturnal · pajamas · nightgown · bedroom · hallway · staircase · moonlit
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
phantasmagoric · otherworldly · illusory · dazed · vacant · glassy-eyed · detached · fugue · trancelike · hazy
automatism
Involuntary mechanical behavior
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
oblivious · instinctual · subconscious · reflex · insensible · stupor · daze · entranced · hypnotic · robotic
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
parasomnia · automatism · nocturnal · pajamas · nightgown · bedroom · hallway · staircase · moonlit · groggy
somnambulisticalert
Warning or watchfulness
wakeful · wide-awake · vigilant · aware · conscious
somnambulisticdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
purposeful · intentional · mindful · calculated · conscious