Definition

1. Noun:

   • A public room in a hotel, airport, or other facility where people can sit and wait: A lounge is a comfortable area with seating provided for waiting or relaxation.
   • A type of comfortable, upholstered seat for more than one person: A lounge can also refer to a long, comfortable seat, such as a sofa or couch.

2. Verb:

   • To stand, sit, or lie in a relaxed or lazy way: To lounge means to spend time in a relaxed, idle, or leisurely manner, often without purpose.
   • To spend time in a relaxed, idle, or lazy manner: This verb also describes the act of passing time without any specific activity or urgency.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • We waited for our flight in the airport lounge.
  • They bought a new leather lounge for their living room.

• Verb:

  • He likes to lounge on the beach all afternoon.
  • Don't lounge around the house all day; go outside and get some fresh air.

Advanced Usage

• "to lounge about/around": To spend time lazily or idly, moving or doing very little.
  • On Sundays, I just want to lounge about and read.
• "lounge away": To spend time idly or waste time in a relaxed state.
  • He lounged away the entire weekend.

Variants and Related Words

• Lounge bar (n): A bar in a hotel or pub that is more comfortable and less crowded than the main bar.
• Lounge suit (n): (British English) A man's suit for ordinary formal or business occasions.
• Lounge lizard (n, informal): A man who spends his time idly in fashionable social venues.
• Lounger (n): A person who lounges; also, a type of long, comfortable chair for reclining.

Synonyms

• Noun (room): lobby, waiting room, foyer, salon.
• Noun (seat): sofa, couch, settee, divan.
• Verb: laze, loaf, loiter, recline, sprawl.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Lounge about/around: To spend time relaxing or doing very little.
  • The cat just lounges around in the sun all day.
• Lounge away: To pass time in a lazy or idle manner.
  • She lounged away the summer before starting university.

Related Idioms

• To be in the lounge suit: (British English) To be dressed in a standard business suit.
  • The dress code for the meeting is lounge suit.
• To lounge like a lizard: (Informal, based on "lounge lizard") To spend time idly in a relaxed, often sunlit, spot.
  • After lunch, he lounged like a lizard on the warm patio stones.

Noun

1. a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
2. an upholstered seat for more than one person

Verb

1. be about
   • The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
   • Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
2. sit or recline comfortably
   • He was lounging on the sofa