- cheer
- cheer [n1] happiness animation, buoyancy, cheerfulness, cheeriness, comfort, delight, encouragement, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, hilarity, hopefulness, jauntiness, jocundity, joy, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, optimism, solace; concept 410 —Ant. depression, gloom, gravity, melancholy, sadness, seriousness, unhappiness cheer [n2] applause, supportive yell acclamation, approbation, approval, cry, encouragement, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ovation, plaudits, roar, shout; concepts 69,77 —Ant. boo cheer [v1] make someone feel happier animate, brace up, brighten, buck up*, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift*, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in*, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine*, put on top of the world*, snap out of it*, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm; concepts 7,22 —Ant. bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy cheer [v2] encourage in activity acclaim, applaud, clap, hail, hurrah, plug*, rise to, root, salute, sound off for, support, yell; concept 69 —Ant. discourage, dishearten, dissuade
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