somnambulists
Unconscious midnight strollers
Somnambulists are people who walk in their sleep.
The term is more formal than "sleepwalkers" and appears in medical or literary contexts: The somnambulists wandered the halls of the asylum.
Figuratively, someone acting without full awareness or going through motions mechanically might be called a somnambulist.
Abnormal behavior while sleeping
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- bedroomRoom for sleeping
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
pajamas · disoriented · groggy · automatic · restless · nightwalking · episodes · awakening
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- obliviousLacking any awareness
dissociation · fugue · hypnotic · mesmerized · insensible · autopilot · blank · detached
Relating to dreams
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
otherworldly · spectral · ghostly · illusory · apparition · phantom · vaporous · liminal
Likely to cause injury
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- injuriesBodily damage or harm
- stairsSet of steps
- windowsGlass-filled wall openings
falls · precarious · vulnerable · unprotected · traffic · kitchens · balconies · unsafe
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
- darknessTotal absence of light
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
silence · moonlit · nightfall · starlight · gloom · stillness · moonwalking · bedtime
Puzzling and obscure
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
possession · supernatural · gothic · macabre · curiosity · phenomenon · unexplained · strange
parasomnia
Abnormal behavior while sleeping
hallway · pajamas · disoriented · groggy · automatic · restless · nightwalking · episodes · awakening · stroll
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
oblivious · dissociation · fugue · hypnotic · mesmerized · insensible · autopilot · blank · detached · mechanical
oneiric
Relating to dreams
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
hallucinatory · otherworldly · spectral · ghostly · illusory · apparition · phantom · vaporous · liminal · twilight
hazardous
Likely to cause injury
windows · falls · precarious · vulnerable · unprotected · traffic · kitchens · balconies · unsafe · harm
moonlight
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
- darknessTotal absence of light
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
shadows · silence · moonlit · nightfall · starlight · gloom · stillness · moonwalking · bedtime
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
superstition · possession · supernatural · gothic · macabre · curiosity · phenomenon · unexplained · strange · haunting