lounge

1. 1.

   sit or recline comfortably

   “He was lounging on the sofa”

   Broadersit
2. 2.

   be about

   “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”

   “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”

   Synonymsloiterfootlelollygagloaflallygaghang aroundmess abouttarrylingerlurkmill aboutmill around

   Broaderbe

   Narrowerprowl

Other forms of lounge

plural

lounges·

past tense

lounged·

present participle

lounging·

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 lounge

What does lounge mean?

lounge 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 lounge?

lounge has 1 syllable: lounge. In IPA it is /ˈlaʊndʒ/.

What is another word for lounge?

Close synonyms include sofa, couch, waiting room, waiting area, loiter. 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 lounge a common word?

lounge 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.