easy chair

noun

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

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lounge chairoverstuffed chair
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Meanings

nouneasy chair (plural easy chairs)

plural easy chairs · alternative easy-chair

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

    "Let's sit quiet a bit, Toady!" said the Rat, throwing himself into an easy chair, while the Mole took another by the side of him and made some civil remark about Toad's delightful residence.

    1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna comfortable upholstered armchair

Similar
lounge chairoverstuffed chair
Broader
armchair
Also see
armchairlounge chair

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Compound of easy + chair.

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Translations

Bengali আরাম-কেদারা, ইজি চেয়ার
  • আরাম-কেদারা (aram-kedara)a comfortable chair
  • ইজি চেয়ার (iji cear)a comfortable chair
Bulgarian фотьойл, кресло
  • фотьойл (fotjojl)a comfortable chair
  • кресло (kreslo)a comfortable chair
Chinese Mandarin 安樂椅 /安乐椅
  • 安樂椅 /安乐椅 (ānlèyǐ)a comfortable chair
Finnish nojatuoli, laiskanlinna
  • nojatuolia comfortable chair
  • laiskanlinnaa comfortable chair
  • lepolassia comfortable chair
French fauteuil
  • fauteuila comfortable chair
German Sessel
  • Sessela comfortable chair
Hebrew כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ
  • כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ (kisé nóaẖ)a comfortable chair
Hungarian fotel, karosszék
  • fotela comfortable chair
  • karosszéka comfortable chair
Irish cathaoir bhog, cathaoir shócúil
  • cathaoir bhoga comfortable chair
  • cathaoir shócúila comfortable chair
  • cathaoir shócúlacha comfortable chair
Italian poltrona
  • poltronaa comfortable chair
Malay kerusi malas
  • kerusi malasa comfortable chair
Persian صندلی راحتی
  • صندلی راحتیa comfortable chair
Portuguese poltrona
  • poltronaa comfortable chair
Russian кре́сло
  • кре́сло (kréslo)a comfortable chair
Spanish tumbona
  • tumbonaa comfortable chair
Swedish fåtölj, länstol
  • fåtölja comfortable chair
  • länstola comfortable chair
  • armstola comfortable chair
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APA

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“easy chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easy%20chair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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