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Synonyms for lounge

Most common

living-room sitting-room den parlor US pub divan sofa waiting room

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Rec room — A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining

living-room, rec room informal, sitting-room, den, parlor US, parlour UK

2. Bar — an establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television

bar, pub, divan, drinkery informal, saloon dated UK US

3. Sofa

sofa, couch, recline

4. Waiting room

waiting room, waiting area

Verb

Other

loll, while, bludge slang AU

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.

    Let's go hang out in the lounge.

  2. n. 2

    An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.

    Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub

  3. n. 3

    The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.

  4. v. 1

    To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

    We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.

Forms

Plural
lounges → living-rooms, sitting-rooms, dens, parlors…
Past participle
lounged
e.g. lounged → loafed, lazed, loitered, lingered…

Example sentences

  • den Sami's home became a den of yelling and arguments.
  • parlor "Come into my parlor," said the spider to the fly.
  • pub When you were at the cinema, we were down the pub.
  • divan This divan is made of velvet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
loungerising
denrising
parlorrising
pubrising

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

By length

3 letters
bar1, pub1, den1
4 letters
sofa2, loaf1, lurk1, laze, loll1
5 letters
while1, couch1, drone1, salon2, dolly2, divan2, tarry2
6 letters
saloon2, parlor2, linger2, loiter2, bludge, footle
7 letters
parlour2, recline2
8 letters
lollygag, drinkery

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