cheer  /tʃɪər/

noun

1. a cry or shout of approval

synset: cheer

2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"

synset: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine

antonym: uncheerfulness

verb

1. give encouragement to

synset: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden

antonym: dishearten, put_off

2. show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"

synset: cheer

3. cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"

synset: cheer, cheer_up, jolly_along, jolly_up

4. become cheerful

synset: cheer, cheer_up, chirk_up

antonym: complain, kick, plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch

5. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

synset: cheer, root_on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge_on, exhort, pep_up

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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