recliner

noun

re·​clin·​er ri-ˈklī-nər 

: a chair with an adjustable back and footrest

Examples of recliner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Real-time patient tracking dashboards can further improve visibility by assigning patients to rooms, beds or recliners, while integrated bed management can streamline availability and cleaning workflows. — Sameer Bhat, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

For the next four hours, staff left him in a recliner, waiting for a caseworker to take him for treatment. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

And of course, he's got two recliners complete with personalized Broncos blankets that make the best seats in the house. — Brian Flores, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Twenty-three years after cancer first upended her life, she was settled into one of the recliners at Cass County's only cancer center, a blue cap covering her head as another round of chemotherapy flowed into her veins. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for recliner

• airliner
• combiner
• designer
• diviner
• eyeliner
• headliner
• pulvinar
• refiner
• diner
• finer
• liner
• miner