noun

sleepwalker

sleepwalker, somnambulist

The movie was about a dangerous sleepwalker.

The film was about a dangerous sleepwalker.

a/the sleepwalker a person who walks while asleep My brother is a sleepwalker.

Synonyms: somnambulist

A compound word from 'sleep' and 'walker'. It literally means 'one who walks in their sleep'.

Visualize someone literally 'walking' while they are a'sleep'. The two parts of the word describe the action perfectly.

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