cheer
1. a cry or shout of approval (Freq. 14)
• Hypernyms:
approval, commendation
• Hyponyms:
banzai, bravo, hurrah, hooray, salvo
2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
• Syn:
cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine
• Ant:
uncheerfulness (for: cheerfulness)
• Derivationally related forms:
sunny (for: sunniness), cheery, cheerful (for: cheerfulness)
• Hypernyms:
attribute
• Hyponyms:
good-temperedness, good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness
• Part Holonyms:
disposition, temperament
• Attrubites:
cheerful, depressing, cheerless, uncheerful
1. give encouragement to (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
hearten, recreate, embolden
• Ant:
dishearten (for: hearten)
• Derivationally related forms:
cheering
• Hypernyms:
encourage
• Hyponyms:
take heart, buck up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The good news will cheer her
2. show approval or good wishes by shouting (Freq. 1)
- everybody cheered the birthday boy
• Derivationally related forms:
cheerer, cheering
• Hypernyms:
applaud
• Hyponyms:
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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
• Syn:
cheer up, jolly along, jolly up
• Hyponyms:
amuse
• Cause:
cheer up, chirk up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. become cheerful
• Syn:
cheer up, chirk up
• Ant:
complain
• Hypernyms:
rejoice, joy
• Hyponyms:
exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate,
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
• Syn:
root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on,
exhort, pep up
• Derivationally related forms:
exhortatory (for: exhort), exhortation (for: exhort), urgent (for: urge), urging (for: urge), cheerer, cheering
• Hypernyms:
encourage
• Hyponyms:
cheerlead
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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