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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1. Damian Collins:

   The chickens are finally coming home to roost and this sounds like a hugely significant development for FIFA, it proves that Sepp Blatter's promises over the last few years to look into corruption at FIFA have not materialised and because he has totally failed to do this, it has been left to an outside law enforcement agency to do the job and take action.

2. 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.

3. Michael Avenatti:

   The President trusted Michael Cohen as The President fixer for years, The President trusted The President with The President innermost secrets, and I think that the chickens are about to come home to roost.

4. Mitchell Burgess:

   Our avian brothers are back to roost on the first leg of their annual sojourn south. Why them and not us Maybe it's because we humans are meant to be rooted in one spot.

5. Henry David Thoreau, Walden; Where I Lived, And What I Lived For:

   I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake his neighbours up.