lounge - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

It's hard to lounge, or recline comfortably, in the lounge, or waiting area, of an airport terminal. Maybe they shouldn't call it a lounge.

Lounge comes from the French s'allonger meaning "to lounge about, lie at full length." Whether you're talking about a room with seats in a hotel made for waiting, or a nice comfy sofa, or the act of reclining comfortably, lounge has everything to do with making yourself comfortable in one spot for a while. It also means to hang around in an easy way, the way you might lounge around the poolside area in a luxury hotel.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: lounge

1	v n	sit or recline comfortably a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
2	v	be about

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: lounge

1

v sit or recline comfortably

“He was lounging on the sofa”

Type of:: sit, sit down
be seated

n a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

Synonyms:: waiting area, waiting room

Types:: cloakroom
a private lounge off of a legislative chamber; departure lounge
lounge where passengers can await departure

Type of:: room
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

n an upholstered seat for more than one person

Synonyms:: couch, sofa

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; convertible, sofa bed
a sofa that can be converted into a bed; daybed, divan bed
an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night; divan
a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall); love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis
small sofa that seats two people; settee
a small sofa; squab
a soft padded sofa; davenport
a large sofa usually convertible into a bed; day bed, studio couch
convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed

Type of:: seat
furniture that is designed for sitting on

2

v be about

Synonyms:: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry

Types:: lurch, prowl
loiter about, with no apparent aim

Type of:: be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)