LOUNGES Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of lounge

as in couches

a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters the kids were stretched out on the lounge watching TV

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lounge

as in rests

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 bums

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 lounges

Noun

There are also 13 pools and hot tubs, 11 restaurants and snack bars, and 19 bars and lounges offered on the massive ship. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 The 100 Napua rooms come with access to two private lounges serving breakfast, midday bites, and an evening cocktail hour, plus a chef's station and live music on the eighth floor. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026 Terminal One—set to be the largest terminal at JFK upon opening, with 23 gates and more than 300,000 square feet of space—is expected to have six lounges total. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026 The reimbursements included expenses for premium airfares, Uber Black and Lyft Black upgrades, trips to gyms, escape rooms, cigar lounges, tiki bars, and private residences with no documentation of a state business purpose. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 On the second floor, mouldings evoking Parisian apartments adorn private lounges. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 But getting together in real life will be a big piece of it, through big events, members lounges, and even live tapings of episodes like The Weeknight, which will also be heading to Texas. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Many pair pools and saunas with restaurants, bars, lounges and dedicated social zones, and membership models bring regulars back the way a neighborhood club would. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 What’s Happening Bathhouses and social saunas are adding restaurants, bars, lounges and dedicated social zones alongside pools and steam rooms, according to CN Traveller’s rundown of 2026 travel trends. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lounges

Noun

The space is home to collectible interior design pieces including chairs from Olivier Gagnère, white slipcovered Gervasoni Ghost couches, and classic Dutch paintings.

— Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
On a recent weekend, a group of friends congregated in the venue’s basement, a narrow room with black leather couches and steel tables.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of couches

Verb

This is a steep premium over an ordinary 13- or 14-inch portable LCD, so the value case rests entirely on the ePaper experience rather than gaming or video.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
The National Academy of Sciences in 2003, and the American Psychological Association in a 2004 review, concluded that the polygraph rests more on theater than fact.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rests

Verb

The joy Lisa has with her RHUGT cast compared with the dread her RHOSLC cast seems to bring her really bums me out — especially because of how much of this trip is championing the sisterhood of Housewives.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Critical thinking really bums them out.

— Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of bums

Noun

There's also up to 40% off bestselling sofas and sectionals, like the Retreat sofa collection in various shapes and sizes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Rice had a side hustle as a vintage dealer and brought in plenty of pieces from the same era, including 1950s sofas by Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, a pair of 1970s blue suede armchairs, and benches from France with colorful bases.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sofas

Verb

The setting is contemporary Paris in crisis, when civil unrest, rather amorphously presented apart from increasing numbers of military on the streets, makes evening strolls potentially problematic.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Erika Girardi strolls in, followed by Teddi Mellencamp and her new Rachel Maddow power-lesbian haircut.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of strolls

Verb

While not reflective of Murphy’s teenage years, the atmosphere and specific sense memory of ’81 that the book basks in has long been imprinted on Murphy.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Just 60 miles south of Sicily, the stunning Mediterranean archipelago basks in 300 days of sunshine a year — and its allure is only growing.

— Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of basks

Verb

There is no doubt the quality of players that managers have available plays a massive part in how expressive their style becomes but as ideas go, Luis Enrique’s use of his wide players last season definitely set PSG apart.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Propulsion capacity grows The PAC-3 MSE’s propulsion system plays a critical role during an engagement.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026