What does "lounge" mean?
A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
Lounge
/laʊnd͡ʒ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
- Grammar: lounge is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: antechamber, anteroom, audience chamber, bar.
- Useful contrasts: be active, formal, hurry.
- Usage evidence: You can't just lounge around like that while everybody else is so busy.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease. archaic
"He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood."
- 2 a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait wordnet
- 3 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. Australia, archaic
- 4 an upholstered seat for more than one person wordnet
- 5 The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
"That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street."
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- 6 A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining. British, especially
"Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room"
- 7 A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- 8 A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- 9 An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
"Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub"
Verb
- 1 To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. intransitive
"We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas."
- 2 sit or recline comfortably wordnet
- 3 To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
"When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears."
- 4 be about a place without any apparent purpose wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"You can't just lounge around like that while everybody else is so busy."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "lounge"?
Common synonyms include: antechamber, anteroom, audience chamber, bar, barroom, basked.
How do you use "lounge" in a sentence?
You can't just lounge around like that while everybody else is so busy.
How do you pronounce "lounge"?
Pronounced /laʊnd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).