LOUNGED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

lounged

verb

past tense of lounge

as in rested

to refrain from labor or exertion the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building

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as in lazed

to spend time doing nothing after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around

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Recent Examples of lounged But most of the action was in the foot-deep children’s pool, where Petra joined babies and kids riding mini slides into the warm water, as parents lounged unselfconsciously. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026 As Polis prepared to sign the bill, five black-and-white, 13-week-old puppies — Benedict, Daphne, Violet, Eloise and Hyacinth — lounged, climbed over one another, leaned into a reporter’s mic and cuddled in a pair of pens on the Capitol foyer’s floor. —

Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026 Nearby, people and their dogs who had moved into the shelter for the duration of the war lounged on air mattresses, scrolling through their phones. —

ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 Just days after hard-launching her relationship with French filmmaker Romain Gavras, EmRata lounged in a plunging plush white robe while wearing nothing but some sparkling loud luxury accessories. —

Lara Walsh, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026 Over at the three tiers of pools during a late spring weekend visit, couples in stylish swimsuits lounged around the adult’s only pool, groups of friends sipped margs while wading in the main Mother-of-Pearl pool, and kids frolicked in the separate splash pad area. —

Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026 Patrons lounged in a smoky daze; men wearing fedoras played mah-jongg. —

Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025 The catering extended to giant platters overflowing with dates and nuts in the back of the room, where Abbi Jacobson lounged on a couch and New York editor-in-chief David Haskell chatted with Atropia co-star Callum Turner. —

Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025 Sweeney and Braun lounged and played in the pool together. —

Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025

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Correa rested his crutches there, decided to stand and described how his season had come to an abrupt end.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 6 May 2026
The defense rested its case on Monday.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 5 May 2026