a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.: The cheers of the fans filled the stadium.
a set or traditional form of shout used by spectators to encourage or show enthusiasm for an athletic team, contestant, etc., as rah! rah! rah!
something that gives joy or gladness; encouragement; comfort: words of cheer.
a state of feeling or spirits: Their good cheer overcame his depression.
gladness, gaiety, or animation: full of cheer and good spirits.
food and drink: tables laden with cheer.
Archaic. facial expression.
interjection
cheers,(used as a salutation or toast.)
verb (used with object)
to salute with shouts of approval, congratulation, triumph, etc.: The team members cheered their captain.
to gladden or cause joy to; inspire with cheer (often followed by up): The good news cheered her.
to encourage or incite: She cheered him on when he was about to give up.
verb (used without object)
to utter cheers of approval, encouragement, triumph, etc.
to become happier or more cheerful (often followed by up): She cheered up as soon as the sun began to shine.
Obsolete. to be or feel in a particular state of mind or spirits.
Idioms for cheer
be of good cheer, (used as an exhortation to be cheerful): Be of good cheer! Things could be much worse.
with good cheer, cheerfully; willingly: She accepted her lot with good cheer.
Origin of cheer
1175–1225; Middle English chere face <Anglo-French; compare Old French chiere<Late Latin cara face, head <Greek kárā head
SYNONYMS FOR cheer
3 solace.
5 joy, mirth, glee, merriment.
9 applaud.
10 exhilarate, animate.
11 inspirit.
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ANTONYMS FOR cheer
10 discourage, depress.
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synonym study for cheer
10. Cheer,gladden,enliven mean to make happy or lively. To cheer is to comfort, to restore hope and cheerfulness to (now often cheer up, when thoroughness, a definite time, or a particular point in the action is referred to): to cheer a sick person; She soon cheered him up. To gladden does not imply a state of sadness to begin with, but suggests bringing pleasure or happiness to someone: to gladden someone's heart with good news.Enliven suggests bringing vivacity and liveliness: to enliven a dull evening, a party.
The experience will include both a cheer monitor and an audience monitor that allow viewers to connect with each other and the broadcast hosts.
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District officials have maintained that any ongoing practices were not part of the school’s cheer program.
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With the new school year underway, the cheer club met at Infinity Gymnastics in El Cajon this week and was scheduled to meet for the next two weeks.
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Roughly 65 students are on the school’s cheer team, including 27 on varsity, Clark said.
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Yet I had serious trouble understanding how to cheer on the news of Bin Laden or anyone else dying.
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The audience--tout Hollywood--stands to cheer his slow and painful trek from the wings to the table.
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It was a cheer that we got for something that was a complete fluke.
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Morgan hopefully has a beloved support network, and of course a large fan base to cheer him on.