'Somnambulism' definitions:
Definition of 'somnambulism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Walking by a person who is asleep [syn: sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation]
Definition of 'Somnambulism'
From: GCIDE
- Somnambulism \Som*nam"bu*lism\, n. [Cf. F. somnambulisme. See Somnambulation.] A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions appropriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'somnambulism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amnesia,
- beauty sleep,
- beddy-bye,
- bedtime,
- blanket drill,
- bye-bye,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- catatonic stupor,
- daydreaming,
- daze,
- doze,
- dream state,
- dreamland,
- drowse,
- fitful sleep,
- fugue,
- fugue state,
- hibernation,
- hypnotic trance,
- land of Nod,
- light sleep,
- night-wandering,
- nightwalking,
- noctambulation,
- noctambulism,
- noctivagation,
- repose,
- reverie,
- shut-eye,
- silken repose,
- sleep,
- sleepland,
- sleepwalk,
- sleepwalking,
- slumber,
- slumberland,
- snoozle,
- somniloquy,
- somnus,
- stupor,
- trance,
- unconsciousness,
- winter sleep