PERCH Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

perch

verb

Definition of perch

as in to land

to come to rest after descending from the air pigeons perching on the roof

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as in to lodge

to establish or place comfortably or snugly perched the baby in a basket

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Recent Examples of perch McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee. — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Luna began the day hopping around, perching on the various trees near the nest. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 But perched on the Old Cumberland Trail between Louisville and Nashville, the site also planted seeds of what was to come. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Even a swooping hawk couldn’t resist perching on a tree overlooking the makeshift stage. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for perch

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Verb

His eye-catching performances have put him on the radar of Europe’s top clubs, with Newcastle United keen to land the 20-year-old.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Garbrandt walked into the same counters that have ended his last several bad nights, and Yanez, who fights with his own reckless disregard for return fire, simply landed first and landed cleaner.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

Definition of land

Verb

Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
Braverman was writing in response to another parliamentarian who noted that Jamaica planned to lodge a formal petition for reparations later this year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of lodge

Verb

To search for evidence of fire use, the researchers analyzed rodent bones littering the cave, deposited over thousands of years by roosting owls.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
The bill of the Iran conflict also now seems to be coming back to roost in Washington.

— Lim Hui Jie,Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 25 June 2026

Definition of roost

Verb

That campus is nestled in the small city in Kern County about 30 miles northwest of Bakersfield where community members cheer on their own on Friday nights.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Increasingly severe wildfires — fueled by climate change and more than a century of forest mismanagement — have forced an environmental reckoning on mountain towns nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of nestle

Verb

Dropping him into a hot program gives creative a real obstacle for both men, echoing how WWE has positioned other fresh SmackDown arrivals as immediate disruptors.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
In the arena of nations, as on the pitch, those who prepare thoroughly, compete directly, and refuse to yield ground unnecessarily position themselves to endure and prevail.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of position

Verb

Gendron said his ancestors were among the first outsiders to settle the island in the 1700s, when three brothers, fur traders all, left Canada and followed the Mississippi south.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The space is cozy and laid back, with an atmosphere that encourages guests to settle in for a drink or two.

— Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026