lounge

/ˈlæʊ̯nd͡ʒ//ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/

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

Verb

lounge (third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)

(intransitive) 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.
- We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.1854, J. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, R.N
Synonyms:

loll
To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
- When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287
- As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl.2023 August 24, Pauline Lester, Marjorie Dean College Sophomore, BoD - Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 47

Noun

lounge (plural lounges)

(archaic) A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
- He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 196
- Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies.1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817...
1. (Australia, archaic) A couch.
The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.1849, The Knickerbocker, volume 33, page 198
(UK, especially) A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
- Let's go hang out in the lounge.
Synonyms:

loungeroom, lounge room, den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
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
Synonyms:

bar, pub, divan, alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory

lounge meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

lounge in Urdu

لاؤنج کرنا

lounge in Bengali

lounge, living room, sitting room: মজলিস mojoliś

lounge in Malayalam

വെറുതെ ചുറ്റിനടക്കുക, ഉദാസീനമായി ചാരിക്കിടക്കുക, തളർന്നു ചായുക

lounge in Kannada

ಒರಗು, ಒಯ್ಯನಿರು, ಅಲಸು, ದಣಿವಿಗೆ, ಒರಗೆಡೆ, ವಿರಾಮಕೊಠಡಿ

More languagesFewer languages

lounge in Tagalog: silid-pahingahan
lounge in Arabic: صَالَة ṣāla, قَاعَة qāʕa
lounge in Indonesian: bersantai, bersenggang, berselonjor, mengaso

Examples of lounge in a sentence

Everybody knows they have times when they wanna just lay back / Kick their feet up, y'know / Listen to some good music and just lounge / That's right, I said lounge1993, “Loungin'”, in Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, performed by Guru ft. Donald Byrd:
One morning she accompanied Madame de Soissons to the fair, then the favourite lounge and amusement.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees.1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur:

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Synonyms of lounge

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Forms of lounge

Verb
third-person singular present	lounges
present participle	lounging
past participle	lounged
past	lounged
Noun
plural	lounges

Past tense of lounge: lounged

Plural of lounge: lounges

Origin of lounge

Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).

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Questions about lounge

What does lounge mean?: Lounge means to relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
What is lounge in Urdu?: Lounge in Urdu is لاؤنج کرنا. See Lounge meaning in Urdu.
How do you use lounge in a sentence?: Everybody knows they have times when they wanna just lay back / Kick their feet up, y'know / Listen to some good music and just lounge / That's right, I said lounge
What part of speech is lounge?: Lounge can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce lounge?: Lounge is pronounced /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of lounge?: The past tense of lounge is lounged.

Words near lounge in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: lounge (page history and authors); lounge (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); মজলিস (Bengali) (page history and authors); lounge (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lounge (Kannada Wiktionary) (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: 2026-09-02

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