LOUNGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lounger mean? 

• LOUNGER (noun)
  The noun LOUNGER has 3 senses:

1. someone who wastes time

2. an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it

3. an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear

  Familiarity information: LOUNGER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOUNGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who wastes time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dallier; dilly-dallier; dillydallier; lounger; mope

Hypernyms ("lounger" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

Derivation:

lounge (be about)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lounger; recliner; reclining chair

Hypernyms ("lounger" is a kind of...):

armchair (chair with a support on each side for arms)

Derivation:

lounge (sit or recline comfortably)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lounger" is a kind of...):

loungewear (clothing suitable for relaxation)

Derivation:

lounge (sit or recline comfortably)

 Context examples 

There was no lounger who could tell us who had passed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once fairly in the dockyard, he began to reckon upon some happy intercourse with Fanny, as they were very soon joined by a brother lounger of Mr. Price's, who was come to take his daily survey of how things went on, and who must prove a far more worthy companion than himself; and after a time the two officers seemed very well satisfied going about together, and discussing matters of equal and never-failing interest, while the young people sat down upon some timbers in the yard, or found a seat on board a vessel in the stocks which they all went to look at.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)