cheer

Plural: cheers

Noun

• a cry or shout of approval
• the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
  • "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
• A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
• That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
• A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
• A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
• One's facial expression or countenance.
• One's attitude, mood.
• Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.

Verb

Verb Forms: cheered, cheering, cheers

• To shout with joy or approval; to make happier.
• give encouragement to
• show approval or good wishes by shouting
  • "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
• cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
  • "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
• become cheerful
• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  • "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
• To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
• To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
• To encourage to do something.
• To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
• To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).

Examples

• A cheer rose from the crowd.
• a table loaded with good cheer
• Alex participated in cheer all four years of college.
• I'm going to wear my new cheer shoes at cheer today.
• The crowd began to CHEER as she spelled out her game-winning bingo in Scrabble.
• The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.
• The crowd cheered the athletes.
• The finance sector will cheer this decision.
• Three cheers for the birthday boy!
• We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.

Synonyms

barrack, cheer up, cheerfulness, chirk up, embolden, exhort, hearten, inspire, jolly along, jolly up, pep up, recreate, root on, sunniness, sunshine, urge, urge on, abet, acclaim, acclamation, actuate, animate, applause, arouse, awaken, beatify, beclap, beghast, begladden, besoothe, blissen, bright, brighten, bring about, cheer, cheer on, clap, clapping, comfort, console, content, delight, drive, egg on, elate, enbliss, encheer, encourage, energize, engender, enliven, enthuse, evoke, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fain, fire up, foment, gay, ginger, ginger up, gladden, gladden someone's heart, goad, gratify, grill, hail, happify, happy, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, invoke, jazz, jollify, kindle, laetificate, lash, laudits, light up, liven, liven up, make someone's day, motivate, motive, move, obligate, oblige, perk up, plaudit, please, promote, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, rouse, salute, send, set off, solace, soothe, spark off, spice, spice up, spur, spur on, stimulate, sting, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, vitalise, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart, whet, whip up

Antonyms

complain, dishearten, uncheerfulness, boo

Anagrams of cheer