Armchair Definition
ärmchâr
armchairs
noun
A chair with side structures to support the arms or elbows.
American Heritage
A chair with supports at the sides for one's arms or elbows.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- throne
- recliner
- fauteuil (French)
- reclining chair
- rocker
- rocking-chair
- elbow-chair
- captain's chair
- morris chair
- wing-chair
- easy-chair
adjective
Not actively involved in or responsible for something, while nonetheless inclined to offer opinions or advice.
American Heritage
Not based on or working from firsthand experience, direct investigation, etc.
Armchair strategy, an armchair detective.
Webster's New World
Taking part vicariously, as through reading.
Armchair detectives; an armchair traveler.
American Heritage
(figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
These days I'm an armchair detective.
Wiktionary
(figuratively) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports.
He's just an armchair lawyer who thinks he knows a lot about the law because he reads a legal blog on the internet.
After the American football game, the armchair quarterbacks talked about what they would have done differently to win, if they had been star athletes instead of out-of-shape old men.
Wiktionary
idiom
armchair quarterback
- someone, as a spectator or fan, who lacks experience in a particular field yet criticises the performance or decisions of a professional in that field
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Armchair
Noun
Singular:
armchair
Plural:
armchairsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Armchair
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