noun
- a comfortable chair with supports for the arms
adjective
- relating to theorizing without practical experience
Usage: often used critically
Examples
- She settled into her favorite armchair to read.
- The living room had two matching armchairs by the fireplace.
- He’s just an armchair quarterback who never played football.
- The professor was criticized as an armchair philosopher.
- My grandfather spent hours in his old leather armchair.
- Don’t be an armchair critic if you’ve never tried it yourself.