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Synonyms for couch

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

lie down recline cast

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Frame — to phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for

frame, express, phrase, term, explain

2. Lie down — to lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose)

lie down, recline, lie, repose dated

3. Cast

put, cast, redact

4. Crouch

crouch, squat, stoop

Noun

1. Sofa — an item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa

sofa, settee, lounge, divan, davenport

Other

bed, lair

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

  2. v. 2

    To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.

    He couched it as a request, but it was an order.

  3. v. 3

    To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

  4. n. 1

    An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

Related words

Phrases
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Forms

Plural
couches → sofas, settees, lounges, divans…
Past participle
couched
e.g. couched → framed, expressed, phrased, termed…

Example sentences

  • cast The bribery scandal cast doubts on the government.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
couchrising
reclinerising
caststeady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
put1, bed1, lie1
4 letters
term1, cast1, sofa2, lair1
5 letters
frame1, squat1, stoop1, divan2
6 letters
phrase1, lounge1, crouch1, repose2, settee, redact2
7 letters
explain2, express2, recline2
9 letters
davenport3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sofa2 = 2 syllables).