/ English Dictionary |
SOMNAMBULISM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Walking by a person who is asleep
Synonyms:
noctambulation; noctambulism; sleepwalking; somnambulation; somnambulism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("somnambulism" is a kind of...):
walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)
sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)
Derivation:
somnambulist (someone who walks about in their sleep)