Phrase guide

easy chair

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A comfortable chair, often well upholstered; a lounge chair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a comfortable upholstered armchair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lounge chair, overstuffed chair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: armchair

Narrower terms: wing chair

History

Etymology

Compound of easy + chair.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բազկաթոռ (bazkatʻoṙ) — a comfortable chair
  • Bengali: আরাম-কেদারা (aram-kedara) — a comfortable chair
  • Bengali: ইজি চেয়ার (iji cear) — a comfortable chair
  • Bulgarian: фотьойл (fotjojl) — a comfortable chair
  • Bulgarian: кресло (kreslo) — a comfortable chair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安樂椅 /安乐椅 (ānlèyǐ) — a comfortable chair
  • Finnish: nojatuoli — a comfortable chair
  • Finnish: laiskanlinna — a comfortable chair
  • Finnish: lepolassi — a comfortable chair
  • French: fauteuil — a comfortable chair
  • Georgian: სავარძელი (savarʒeli) — a comfortable chair
  • German: Sessel — a comfortable chair
  • Hebrew: כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ (kisé nóaẖ) — a comfortable chair
  • Hungarian: fotel — a comfortable chair
  • Hungarian: karosszék — a comfortable chair
  • Irish: cathaoir bhog — a comfortable chair
  • Irish: cathaoir shócúil — a comfortable chair
  • Irish: cathaoir shócúlach — a comfortable chair
  • Italian: poltrona — a comfortable chair
  • Malay: kerusi malas — a comfortable chair
  • Persian: صندلی راحتی — a comfortable chair
  • Portuguese: poltrona — a comfortable chair
  • Russian: кре́сло (kréslo) — a comfortable chair
  • Spanish: tumbona — a comfortable chair
  • Swedish: fåtölj — a comfortable chair
  • Swedish: länstol — a comfortable chair
  • Swedish: armstol — a comfortable chair