couch potato

couch po·ta·to

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə/

Definitions of couch potato words

countable noun couch potato A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies. 3
noun couch potato a lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television and videos 3
noun couch potato a chronic television viewer 3
noun couch potato Informal. a person whose leisure time is spent watching television. 1
noun couch potato sedentary person 1
noun couch potato A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. 0

See all 6 definitions of couch potato

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Origin of couch potato

First appearance:

before 1980

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1980-85

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Parts of speech for Couch potato

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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couch potato popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for couch potato

noun couch potato

bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
drone — Music. a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. the pipes (especially of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
idler — the state or quality of being idle.
laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
loafer — a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.

All 14 Synonyms of couch potato