somnambulation
4 synonyms for somnambulation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The general act of walking about while asleep.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Comes from Latin somnus (“sleep”) and ambulatio (“a walking about”), which itself derives from ambulare (“to walk”). See somnolent and amble.
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