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 In the first slide, Olive rested on Benson’s chest as the two lounged on a sofa on a sunny day, looking at the camera. —

Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Her figures lounged, stood, or in one instance danced in unadorned, nearly empty interiors composed with broad, feathery brushstrokes. —

Lovia Gyarkye, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026 His wife lounged near their tent, sunning and reading. —

Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026 The star lounged in a nude mesh naked dress dotted with vibrant butterflies. —

Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 June 2026 The fluffy black dog lounged on a dog bed near the couch in Landowski’s living room during an interview with the Star-Telegram. —

Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026 Nearby, children rode floaties atop the clear blue water, shrieking with delight as their parents lounged beneath umbrellas. —

Ada Calhoun, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2026 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

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With closing arguments looming on Tuesday, Karmelo Anthony's defense rested without calling him to testify — a move that came as legal analysts questioned whether his self-defense claim will persuade jurors.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
The research didn’t take a detailed look at the kind of resistance training people were doing or at questions such as how intense the training was or how long the participants rested between sets or movements.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026