Synonyms for roost
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1. roostnoun

   a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

2. roostverb

   a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

3. perch, roost, restverb

   sit, as on a branch

   "The birds perched high in the tree"

   Synonyms:
   alight, breathe, reside, perch, remain, pillow, repose, light, lie, catch one's breath, stay, take a breather, rest

4. roostverb

   settle down or stay, as if on a roost

   Synonyms:
   perch, rest

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1. • Settle
   • Shelter
   • Sit

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. roostnoun

   Synonyms:
   perch

2. roostverb

   Synonyms:
   perch

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1. roostnoun

   Synonyms:
   perch

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1. List of paraphrases for "roost":

   dorm, perch, dormitory, heeling

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How to use roost in a sentence?

1. Andrew Cunningham:

   When they fly they have a peak body temperature that mimics a fever, it happens at least twice a day with bats -- when they fly out to feed and then they return to roost. And so the pathogens that have evolved in bats have evolved to withstand these peaks of body temperature.

2. Stanley Druckenmiller:

   The myopic policy makers have no endgame. They stumble from one short-term fiscal or monetary stimulus to the next, despite overwhelming evidence that they only produce an ephemeral 'sugar high' and grow unproductive debt that impedes long-term growth, the chickens are now coming home to roost.

3. Damian Collins:

   The chickens are finally coming home to roost and this sounds like a hugely significant development for FIFA.

4. Bob Yawger:

   Exports are a big area for where the number came from. That's largely related to the sanctions on COSCO, which came home to roost.

5. Bob Yawger:

   There's nothing but bearishness in the EIA report, exports are a big area for where the number came from. That's largely related to the sanctions on COSCO, which came home to roost.