Meanings
nounsleepwalking (countable and uncountable, plural sleepwalkings)
plural sleepwalkings
- countableuncountableThe act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.
The play presents a whole gamut of such causes, from irrational passions, omens, prophecies, haunted sleepwalkings, nightmares, prodigies of nature, and conjurings, to Laius's ghost in four incarnations […]
2005, Marshall Brown, The Gothic Text, page 56
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sleepwalk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwalking by a person who is asleep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan somnambulisme
- somnambulismeact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Chinese Mandarin 夢遊 /梦游, 夢遊症 /梦游症
- 夢遊 /梦游 (mèngyóu)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- 夢遊症 /梦游症 (mèngyóuzhèng)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- 夢遊病 /梦游病 (mèngyóubìng)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Dutch slaapwandelen
- slaapwandelenact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Finnish unissakävely
- unissakävelyact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
French somnambulisme
- somnambulismeact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
German Schlafwandeln, Nachtwandeln
- Schlafwandelnact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- Nachtwandelnact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- Somnambulismusact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- Somnambulieact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Hungarian alvajárás
- alvajárásact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Icelandic svefnganga
- svefngangaact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Irish suansiúl
- suansiúlact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Italian sonnambulismo
- sonnambulismoact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Japanese 睡眠時遊行症, 夢遊病
- 睡眠時遊行症 (suiminji yūkōshō)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- 夢遊病 (muyūbyō)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Polish sennowłóctwo, somnambulizm
- sennowłóctwoact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- somnambulizmact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Portuguese sonambulismo
- sonambulismoact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Russian сомнамбули́зм, лунати́зм
- сомнамбули́зм (somnambulízm)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- лунати́зм (lunatízm)act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Spanish sonambulismo, somnambulismo
- sonambulismoact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
- somnambulismoact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Turkish uyurgezerlik
- uyurgezerlikact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Vietnamese mộng du
- mộng duact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Welsh cwsgrodiad
- cwsgrodiadact of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
Cite this entry
APA
sleepwalking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepwalking
MLA
“sleepwalking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepwalking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleepwalking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepwalking.
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