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. Steve Beck:

   The bad behavior is coming home to roost, customers are saying,' We've had enough. Wells Fargo's time to move on.'.

2. Jeremy Atkins:

   Yard turkeys, they’re wild but not really. They roost in the city limits and never get hunted. I’m afraid the birds we’re after won’t be quite that easy.

3. 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.

4. Probaerb:

   Employees who are fools often rule the roost in the private companies.

5. 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.