Synonyms of roofs

roofs 1 of 2

noun

plural of roof

1

as in canopies

a raised covering over something for decoration or protection

the roof of the pavilion leaks when it rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canopies
• tents
• ceilings
• awnings
• domes
• pavilions
• umbrellas
• covers
• shelters
• screens
• shades
• shields
• marquees
• canvases
• flies
• pergolas
• bowers
• arbors
• sunshades

2

as in residences

the place where one lives

as long as you're living under my roof, you'll obey my rules

Synonyms & Similar Words

• residences
• dwellings
• houses
• abodes
• homes
• housings
• places
• quarters
• lodgings
• apartments
• cottages
• residencies
• cabins
• habitations
• mansions
• rooms
• domiciles
• bungalows
• hearths
• hearthstones
• farmhouses
• firesides
• pads
• shelters
• nests
• castles
• diggings
• villas
• huts
• dormitories
• ranches
• estates
• condominiums
• condos
• accommodations
• shacks
• palaces
• flats
• homesteads
• barracks
• manors
• chalets
• penthouses
• tenements
• duplexes
• haciendas
• dorms
• town houses
• apartment houses
• trailers
• rectories
• tenement houses
• ranch houses
• casitas
• townhomes
• tract houses
• billets
• suites
• triplexes
• boardinghouses
• semis
• lodging houses
• manor houses
• split levels
• salons
• flophouses
• rooming houses
• halls
• hovels
• RVs
• house trailers
• shanties
• McMansions
• saltboxes
• manses
• parsonages
• houseboats
• recreational vehicles
• granges
• motor homes
• lodgments
• mobile homes
• vicarages
• hermitages
• châteaus
• hooches
• walk-ups
• hutches
• double-wides
• countryseats

roofs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of roof

as in houses

to provide with living quarters or shelter

fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• houses
• shelters
• rooms
• boards
• camps
• accommodates
• lodges
• quarters
• chambers
• homes
• bunks
• domiciles
• harbors
• bestows
• encamps
• billets
• bivouacs
• takes in
• stables
• sheds
• barracks
• tents
• beds (down)
• roosts
• secures
• puts up
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejects
• evicts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roofs

Noun

This includes repairing leaky roofs, providing clean drinking water and improving security infrastructure at each of its campuses. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

Remember, keep your grill away from the side of your house, under patio roofs or beneath someone else's balcony. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 July 2026

Those include shielding roofs with metal foil to limit radiation let into homes, wrapping windows with film and installing steel doors. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Others took the more dangerous approach of clambering onto roofs to spend the night. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

That doesn’t go far when fitting air conditioning through the school could cost close to 20,000 pounds ($26,700) and other issues like leaking roofs urgently need fixing, Woods said. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

The sloping roofs achieve this in a way that benefits both residents in their apartments and visitors in the streets. — Bridget Borgobello july 04, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

Such strategies include building green roofs and courtyards to help with shading and air circulation, and using dense materials such as concrete or brick that can stabilize indoor temperatures in heat. — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 July 2026

The heat wave sweeping across the country will hit several World Cup locations, including New Jersey, Kansas City, and Philadelphia, where stadiums lack roofs and air-conditioning. — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Verb

The zinc roofs that top nearly four-fifths of Parisian apartment buildings, for instance, create baking conditions for those beneath. — Beth Gardiner, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

The first touched down in Lady Lake, lifting roofs off homes and overturning mobile homes. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026

Building roofs The main above-ground enrichment building at Natanz was known as the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026

Flat roofs with parapets (side walls), stepped roofs, saw-tooth roofs, and roofs with chimneys and other obstructions on top can collect snow in an unbalanced manner, the agency said. — Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026

Walls crumble, roofs collapse, and greenery reclaims them. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

School districts purchase iPads while textbooks fall apart and roofs leak. — Mark Dalton, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025