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sleeptalker

sleeptalker noun: a person who talks unconsciously in their sleep.

Noun

sleeptalker (plural sleeptalkers)

  1. A person who talks unconsciously in their sleep.
    • Often they will wake when their sleeptalking startles another person, who then makes a noise at being woken up, waking the sleeptalker to ask the other "What's wrong?"2008, Christian Jarrett, Joannah Ginsburg, This Book Has Issues: Adventures in Popular Psychology, Continuum, →ISBN, page 141
    Synonyms:
    somniloquist

Synonyms of sleeptalker

Forms of sleeptalker

pluralsleeptalkers

Origin of sleeptalker

From sleep + talker or sleeptalk + -er.

Questions about sleeptalker

What does sleeptalker mean?
Sleeptalker means a person who talks unconsciously in their sleep.
What part of speech is sleeptalker?
Sleeptalker is a noun.
What is the plural of sleeptalker?
The plural of sleeptalker is sleeptalkers.

Words near sleeptalker in the dictionary

  1. sleepsuits
  2. sleepswalk
  3. sleepswalks
  4. sleeptalk
  5. sleeptalked
  6. sleeptalker
  7. sleeptalkers
  8. sleeptalking
  9. sleeptalks
  10. sleeptime
  11. sleepunder

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