loungers

Reclining outdoor chairs

Loungers are chairs designed for reclining comfortably, typically with an extended seat to support the legs.

They appear poolside, on patios, and in living rooms.

The term also describes people who lounge—those who pass time idly or lazily: The café was full of loungers nursing their coffees.

In British usage, loungers can refer to casual, loose-fitting pants meant for relaxing at home.

people

sunbathers

People absorbing rays

loafers · layabouts · idlers · slackers · couch potatoes · daydreamers · dawdlers · relaxers · resters · nappers

poolside

poolside

Adjacent to swimming area

patio · deck · veranda · lanai · sundeck · rooftop · beach club · spa · hotel pool · infinity pool

furniture

chaise

Extended reclining seat

deckchair · hammock · beanbag

reclining

reclining

Leaning backward at rest

basking · sunbathing · lying back · splayed · draped · horizontal · recumbent · reposing · resting · settled

Categories
Opposites
activity level

loungersworkers

People doing jobs

hustlers · go-getters · busybodies · dynamos · doers

work ethic

loungerstoilers

People who work strenuously

laborers · grinders · drudges · overachievers · workhorses

posture/physical state

loungersstanders

Those positioned vertically

pacers · runners · sprinters · joggers · marchers

Phrases
Family

lounge, lounger, lounges, lounged, chaise lounge, loungewear, sunlounger

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G