lounge

Plural: lounges

Noun

• an upholstered seat for more than one person
• a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
• A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
• A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
• A couch.
• The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
• The living room or sitting room of a house.
• A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
• A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
• An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.

Verb

Verb Forms: lounged, lounging, lounges

• To recline or relax in a lazy, unhurried manner.
• sit or recline comfortably
• be about
• To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
• To walk or go in a leisurely manner.

Examples

• After a long Words With Friends session, he decided to LOUNGE on the couch.
• Let us adjourn to the lounge.
• We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.

Synonyms

couch, footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, sofa, tarry, waiting area, waiting room, loungeroom, parlour, sitting room

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