lounge

/laʊndʒ/

/laʊndʒ/

Other forms: lounging; lounged; lounges

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.

Definitions of lounge

1. verb

   sit or recline comfortably
   “He was lounging on the sofa”

   type of:

   sit, sit down

   be seated
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   an upholstered seat for more than one person
   synonyms: couch, sofa

   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
4. verb

   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)