couch

1. 1.

   an upholstered seat for more than one person

   Synonymssofalounge

   Broaderseat

   Narrowerconvertibledaybeddivanlove seatsetteesquab
2. 2.

   a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

   Broaderflat coat
3. 3.

   a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

   Broaderbed

1. 1.

   formulate in a particular style or language

   “I wouldn't put it that way”

   “She cast her request in very polite language”

   Synonymsframeredactcastput

   Broadergive voice

Other forms of couch

plural

couches·

past tense

couched·

present participle

couching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about couch

What does couch mean?

couch means "an upholstered seat for more than one person". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in couch?

couch has 1 syllable: couch. In IPA it is /ˈkaʊtʃ/.

What is another word for couch?

Close synonyms include sofa, lounge, frame, redact, cast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is couch a common word?

couch is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.