sitting room

American  

noun

• sitting rooms
  plural

1. a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.

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sitting room British  

noun

1. a room in a private house or flat used for relaxation and entertainment of guests

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sitting rooms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sitting room

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sitting room

There’s Mrs. Duggan’s sitting room, for example, with its “faint, high whistling of the gas fire”; and “the weary clatter of half-hearted washing-up” in a depressing cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Since 2024, Netflix has featured a “Bridgerton”- themed fireplace, set in the middle of a Regency-era sitting room.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

As one might expect of such an A-list couple, the primary suite has also been outfitted with an enormous walk-in closet that could double as an additional sitting room.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

In another sitting room, a silk chair that somehow looked both new and old, strewn with patches of different upholstery fabric.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

The children had one room, and the adults were divided between my parents’ bedroom and the sitting room.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Related Words

• drawing room
• front room
• living room