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sleepwalking

adjective

as in comatose

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleepwalking
  1. comatose
  2. somnambulant
  3. semiconscious
  4. hypnotized
Adjective
  • Kylie grieves over her comatose boyfriend, setting her on a journey to the English countryside in order to end the curse, and Antonia watches over Kylie’s beau in the hospital.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Naturally, many of those accounts invoke Ben Stein and his comatose class.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of comatose
Adjective
  • But his delivery proved so funny that Hughes put him in the film, teaching somnambulant students.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Although the scenes in the past consist of long conversations, that dialogue is provocative and confrontational, in ways that make what’s happening in Silo 18 feel somnambulant.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of somnambulant
Adjective
  • Arriving officers located the moped driver, an adult man, who appeared to be semiconscious, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Epstein had previously been placed under suicide watch after he was found semiconscious in his cell with a noose around his neck more than two weeks earlier.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of semiconscious
Adjective
  • Therapy sessions can be scary, especially the ones that rely on semi-hypnotized journeys into hidden pasts.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Definition of hypnotized
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“Sleepwalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleepwalking. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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