cheer
Meaning of cheer
verb
- shout for joy or in praise or encouragement.
she cheered from the sidelines
- give comfort or support to.
he seemed greatly cheered by my arrival
- a shout of encouragement, praise, or joy.
a tremendous cheer from the audience
- cheerfulness, optimism, or confidence.
an attempt to inject a little cheer into this gloomy season
Middle English: from Old French chiere ‘face’, from late Latin cara, from Greek kara ‘head’. The original sense was ‘face’, hence ‘expression, mood’, later specifically ‘a good mood’.
Information about cheer
- The plural form of cheer is: cheers.
- Languages in which cheer is used:
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Hyphenation of cheer
cheer
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- cheer is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
cheer synonyms
Meaning cheerfulness:
cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine
Meaning hearten:
Meaning inspire:
inspire, urge, barrack, exhort
Meaning give support, confidence, or hope to (someone):
Meaning provide (someone) with a reason for doing something:
Meaning (of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion:
Meaning discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile):
Meaning encourage and enliven (someone):
Meaning make or become more light:
Meaning make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing:
Meaning bring to life:
Meaning make (someone) ecstatically happy:
Meaning make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated:
Meaning make glad:
Meaning raise the level of; improve:
Meaning ease the grief or distress of:
Meaning give comfort or consolation to:
Meaning comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment:
Meaning an utterance of the word ‘hurrah’:
Meaning a loud cry of joy or excitement:
Meaning a cry of bravo:
Meaning a low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl:
Meaning a loud cry expressing a strong emotion or calling attention:
Meaning a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream:
Meaning an expression of adoration, praise, or joy:
Meaning an utterance of the word ‘hallelujah’ as an expression of worship or rejoicing:
Meaning enthusiastic and public praise:
Meaning loud and enthusiastic approval:
Meaning (of a person) utter a loud cry, typically as an expression of a strong emotion:
Meaning approval or praise expressed by clapping:
Meaning strike the palms of (one's hands) together repeatedly, typically in order to applaud someone or something:
Meaning a sustained and enthusiastic show of appreciation from an audience, especially by means of applause:
Meaning a loud cry or shout:
Meaning praise; commendation:
Meaning used to express approval or delight:
Meaning the state of being happy:
Meaning a feeling of great pleasure and happiness:
Meaning gaiety and fun:
Meaning the state or quality of being light-hearted or cheerful:
Meaning extreme amusement, especially when expressed by laughter:
Meaning amusement, especially as expressed in laughter:
Meaning great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune:
Meaning a feeling of great happiness and triumph:
Meaning a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing:
Meaning a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness:
Meaning lively and cheerful activity or celebration:
Meaning the quality of being friendly and lively; friendliness:
Meaning the ability or tendency of something to float in water or other fluid:
Meaning hopefulness and confidence about the future or the success of something:
Meaning a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen:
Meaning fun; festivity:
Meaning a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment:
Meaning the state or process of taking pleasure in something:
Meaning great joy; jubilation:
Meaning lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol:
Meaning the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way:
Meaning a playful and lively movement or activity:
Meaning an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment:
cheer antonyms
Meaning cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:
Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:
Meaning an utterance of ‘boo’ to show disapproval of a speaker or performer:
Meaning the condition or quality of being sad:
Translation of cheer
- French: acclamer
- Italian: acclamare, tifare, incoraggiare
- Spanish: aclamar, animar, exhortar, aupar
- Portuguese: aclamar
Anagrams of cheer
Words that rhyme with cheer
Heer, heer, Cheer, Scheer, acheer, countercheer, encheer, macheer, recheer, upcheer, jagheer, Mynheer, mijnheer, mynheer, pheer, LightSheer, fetisheer, planksheer, plansheer, semisheer, shaksheer, shamsheer, sheer, tabasheer, unsheer, theer, wheer
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