Thesaurus / roosting
FEEDBACKsynonyms for roosting
synonyms for roosting
- sit
- perch
- alight
- drop
- stop
- rest
- settle
- disembark
- arrive
- come down
- get down
- roost
- deplane
- detrain
- fly down
- set down
- settle down
- sit down
- touch down
- reside
- locate
- settle
- crash
- occupy
- perch
- nest
- abide
- lodge
- dwell
- bide
- bunk
- roost
- hang out
- hang one's hat
- reside
- abide
- perch
- house
- accommodate
- rent
- hostel
- squat
- bunk
- domicile
- canton
- station
- board
- dwell
- locate
- crash
- shelter
- park
- nest
- stop
- stay
- bestow
- entertain
- room
- harbor
- sojourn
- quarter
- hole up
- put up
- roost
- stay over
- hover
- go on
- linger
- stop
- live
- continue
- endure
- stand
- persist
- last
- prevail
- survive
- wait
- reside
- perch
- tarry
- rest
- freeze
- squat
- bunk
- visit
- abide
- delay
- cling
- lodge
- dwell
- inhabit
- halt
- hang
- nest
- outlast
- pause
- sojourn
- bide
- outlive
- sit tight
- bivouac
- roost
- be left
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- keep on
- make camp
- put on hold
- remain standing
- sit out
- sit through
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- locate
- lie
- squat
- populate
- consist
- nest
- occupy
- settle
- endure
- lodge
- dwell
- inhabit
- perch
- crash
- people
- park
- dig
- abide
- stay
- remain
- continue
- inhere
- bide
- sojourn
- tenant
- roost
- be intrinsic to
- be vested
- rest with
- take up residence
- hang one's hat
- pause
- sit
- lean
- prop
- settle
- lay
- stand
- lounge
- repose
- loll
- stretch out
- roost
- be quiet
- be supported
- lie still
- stand still
- locate
- lounge
- squat
- perch
- sit
- accommodate
- install
- plant
- set
- fix
- nestle
- settle
- take
- put
- hold
- establish
- deposit
- roost
- put
- land
- sit
- decline
- plunge
- plop
- perch
- lay
- flop
- subside
- repose
- seat
- alight
- sink
- submerge
- light
- lodge
- place
- submerse
- immerse
- descend
- roost
- bed down
- set down
- settle down
- touch down
- reside
- perch
- squat
- linger
- nest
- tarry
- stop
- vacation
- rest
- stay
- abide
- lodge
- dwell
- inhabit
- roost
- stay over
- reside
- settle
- last
- linger
- hang
- stop
- delay
- remain
- continue
- stand
- reprieve
- perch
- hover
- halt
- nest
- tarry
- pause
- abide
- sojourn
- procrastinate
- respite
- squat
- endure
- loiter
- bide
- dally
- bunk
- lag
- sweat
- hang around
- sit tight
- stick around
- roost
- outstay
- establish oneself
- hang about
- hang in
- hang out
- hold the fort
- put down roots
- stay out
- stay put
- sweat it out
- reside
- perch
- squat
- crash
- room
- bunk
- stay
- settle
- lodge
- dwell
- bide
- nest
- inhabit
- roost
- bunk out
- hang out
- reside
- squat
- hole up
- exist
- bide
- inhabit
- perch
- park
- tarry
- rest
- rent
- bunk
- abide
- occupy
- continue
- lodge
- tent
- locate
- crash
- stop
- nest
- stay
- tenant
- room
- flop
- sojourn
- remain
- settle
- quarter
- roost
- establish oneself
- hang out
- keep house
- pitch tent
- hang one's hat
- make one's home
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing 
- leave
- depart
- move
- upset
- trouble
- confuse
- remove
- displace
- neglect
- go up
- rise
- worry
- unsettle
- mix up
- dislodge
- dry
- grow
- ascend
- increase
- continue
- carry on
- stop
- quit
- pass
- depart
- move
- leave
- go
- refuse
- migrate
- shun
- resist
- reject
- dispute
- despise
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use roosting in a sentence
Bushwhacking south from Kebler, I was rewarded with sightings of a dozen squirrels, a great horned owl snoozing on her midday roost, a sweet mossy boulder facing a sweet mossy creek, and precisely zero beefy limbs within my limited reach.
ON SLEEPING IN THE LARGEST ORGANISM ON EARTHLEATH TONINONOVEMBER 19, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINESome of these petite predators catch huge insects or even lizards that they haul back to their roosts.
HERE’S WHAT BATS ‘SEE’ WHEN THEY EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH SOUNDCAROLYN WILKEOCTOBER 29, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSPicking through guano can identify bat species and reveal the viruses they carry, and cameras positioned outside bat caves and roosts can give a sense of abundance.
WHY BAT SCIENTISTS ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCING FROM THEIR SUBJECTSJERIMIAH OETTINGOCTOBER 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThough he is a big bird, only a small percentage of them will be able to find a roosting place.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURHe insists on roosting on the extreme north end of the ridge-board and he always flies up on the south end.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURAll I needed to do was to listen and locate the lustiest crowers where they were roosting in the apple trees.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURThose old Norman villages are famous for early roosting, and the villagers are generally great rearers of poultry.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOOverhead the rooks streamed homewards to their roosting trees.
WOOD MAGICRICHARD JEFFERIESAndy remained roosting upon the top rail, his rope coiled loosely and dangling from one arm while he smoked imperturbably.
THE HAPPY FAMILYBERTHA MUZZY BOWERThat he landed lightly on his feet, with the cigarette still between his lips, the roosting twenty-five quite overlooked.
THE HAPPY FAMILYBERTHA MUZZY BOWER