1
as in rested
to refrain from labor or exertion
the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of lounged
Throughout their trip, Gomez and her friends lounged on the beach and dressed up in matching sweatsuits.
—
Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Guests of the hotel lounged around the pool, mingling, laughing, and dancing.
—L'oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025
Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Guests of the hotel lounged around the pool, mingling, laughing, and dancing.
—L'oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lounged
Verb
-
Still, the allure of Tesla has always rested in its improbable odds.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
-
Facing a three-run deficit against the Yankees’ rested bullpen, Houston scored six times and struck six hits against four relievers, taking the sort of at-bats that have been missing for so much of their inconsistent second half.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
The Virginia show was among those scaled back from stadiums, but nary a seat or speck of grass went empty at the 20,000-capacity venue as millennials basked in nostalgia and their kids learned the definition of magnetism.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
-
True to form, when my sons were in first grade, the advanced readers basked in the blue group, middle readers were relegated to the yellow group, the sucky readers sentenced to red.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
-
Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
That means certain rules around campfires are relaxed, though visitors are still advised to use best practices for fire management and safety.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
-
Maier relaxed the shutdown pretty quickly.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Ted, Janey and I lolled on an old carpet in the back.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
Still, a bulb that is chilled is bound to produce more flowers than one that is planted directly in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
-
As the world lost its CO2 blanket over this age of mammals, though, and the world chilled, grasslands, having invented a new form of photosynthesis adapted to this drier, lower-CO2 world, haltingly but inexorably took over much of the Earth.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
But now, several hundred workers who were out over the water, working to get it up and running, have been idled.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
1 Sep. 2025
-
Engines idled as people abandoned their vehicles to take videos.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
And Georgia appears to have played its hand right.—
Jillian Magtoto,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
-
All of those games were played in Little Rock.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Lounged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lounged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share