Synonyms of perched

perched

verb

past tense of perch

1

as in landed

to come to rest after descending from the air

pigeons perching on the roof

Synonyms & Similar Words

• landed
• roosted
• alighted
• lit
• settled
• touched down
• crash-landed
• belly-landed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• climbed
• ascended
• arose
• took off
• flew
• floated
• glided
• soared
• hung
• winged
• hovered
• blasted off
• planed

2

as in nestled

to establish or place comfortably or snugly

perched the baby in a basket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nestled
• lodged
• positioned
• parked
• settled
• ensconced
• installed
• planted
• situated
• located
• stationed
• roosted
• housed
• anchored
• deployed
• camped
• set
• emplaced
• fixed
• camped (out)
• curled up
• burrowed
• bivouacked
• dug in
• harbored

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perched

Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage. — Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026

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

Marie, perched between Lake Superior and Lake Huron and adjacent to its Canadian twin city of the same name. — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 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

On the other side of Dubrovnik’s Old Town is Hotel Bellevue Dubrovnik, literally carved into a cliff and perched over Miramare Bay’s rocky shore. — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

It would have been perched on the ship’s grand staircase, and is the only one to have been recovered from the wreckage. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026

There’s a reason why Le Creuset’s Dutch ovens are perpetually perched on many a stovetop in AD. — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026

When the doors flung open, Sharpton entered to a standing ovation that continued until he was perched behind a lectern, on a stage decorated with a floor-to-ceiling video screen. — Aaron Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026