armchair
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armchair
- /ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɑɹmt͡ʃɛɚ/ US
noun armchairs · arm-chair
- A chair with supports for the arms or elbows. I collapsed into an armchair.
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An upholstered chair without armrests intended for the living room
Similar: easy chair
- A position from which a casual and inexpert perspective looks out on the world. Evaluating possible etymologies requires a significant amount of knowledge about the speakers' lived reality […] for instance, the semantic connection between some species of plant and its use in traditional medicine may be fully transparent to a native speaker, but harder to understand from the per
adjective arm-chair
- Remote from actual involvement (including cases where a person has retired from previously active involvement). armchair travels
- Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice. He's just an armchair lawyer who thinks he knows a lot about the law because he reads a legal blog.
verb armchairs · armchairing · armchaired · arm-chair
- To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data. Research for program's subject matter is like mining gold. The more raw material we have, the more likely we are going to find gold nuggets. But this step is often overlooked and a program is "armchaired" from the office of the vice-president or vice-president of sales.
- To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect. In past years, we administered this questionnaire and gave the results to the president who sat at a conference table with top management and armchaired some answers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: impractical, couch, chair, sofa, wheelchair, seat, lounge, philosophizing, informal, lounge chair, easy chair, wing chair, wingback chair, club chair, recliner, bergère
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noun chair with supports for the arms or elbows
| Español | poltrona, sillón, butaca, silla poltrona |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 안락의자 allaguija, 팔걸이의자 palgeoriuija |
| 日本語 | アームチェア āmuchea, 肘掛け椅子 hijikakeisu |
| 中文 | 扶手椅 fúshǒuyǐ, 扶手椅子 fúshǒuyǐzi |
| हिन्दी | हाथकुर्सी hāthkursī, आराम-कुर्सी ārām-kursī |
| Português | poltrona, cadeirão |
| Français | fauteuil, chaise bourrée |
| Deutsch | Armsessel, Fauteuil, Polstersessel, Polsterstuhl, Sessel, Lehnstuhl |
| Italiano | poltrona |
| Ελληνικά | πολυθρόνα polythróna |
| Română | fotoliu |
| Русский | кре́сло kréslo |
| Tiếng Việt | ghế bành |
| العربية | كُرْسِيّ ذُو ذِرَاعَيْن kursiyy ḏū ḏirāʕayn, أَرِيكَة ʔarīka, كُرْسِيّ kursiyy |
| עברית | כֻּרְסָה kursá |
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@misc{armchair_2026,
title = {armchair},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/armchair},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
