Word.ws English Dictionary

couch surfing

couch surfing noun: the act or practice of a person who couch surfs. Also the present participle and gerund of couch surf.

Noun

couch surfing (uncountable)

  1. The act or practice of a person who couch surfs.
    Synonyms:
    sofa surfing

Also used as

couch surfing is also the present participle and gerund of couch surf.

Synonyms of couch surfing

Forms of couch surfing

alternative formcouch-surfing
alternative formcouchsurfing

Origin of couch surfing

From couch surf + -ing.

Questions about couch surfing

What does couch surfing mean?
Couch surfing means the act or practice of a person who couch surfs.
What part of speech is couch surfing?
Couch surfing is a noun.

Words near couch surfing in the dictionary

  1. couch potatoes
  2. couch surf
  3. couch surfed
  4. couch surfer
  5. couch surfers
  6. couch surfing
  7. couch surfs
  8. couch up
  9. couch-grass
  10. couch-potatoey
  11. couch-surf

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: couch surfing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “couch surfing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/couch_surfing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.