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English noun: cheer | |||
| 1. | cheer (communication) a cry or shout of approval | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approval, commendation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | banzai, bravo, hooray, hurrah, salvo | ||
| 2. | cheer (attribute) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | ||
| Samples | Flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room. | ||
| Synonyms | cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attribute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness | ||
| Part meronym | disposition, temperament | ||
| Attribute | cheerful, cheerless, depressing, uncheerful | ||
| Antonyms | uncheerfulness | ||
English verb: cheer | |||
| 1. | cheer (emotion) give encouragement to | ||
| Examples | The good news will cheer her | ||
| Synonyms | embolden, hearten, recreate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | encourage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buck up, take heart | ||
| Antonyms | dishearten, put off | ||
| 2. | cheer (communication) show approval or good wishes by shouting | ||
| Samples | Everybody cheered the birthday boy. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | applaud | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buoy up, lighten, lighten up | ||
| 3. | cheer (communication) cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful | ||
| Samples | She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee. | ||
| Synonyms | cheer up, jolly along, jolly up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amuse | ||
| Cause | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | ||
| 4. | cheer (communication) become cheerful | ||
| Synonyms | cheer up, chirk up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | joy, rejoice | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buoy up, exuberate, exult, jubilate, lighten, lighten up, rejoice, triumph | ||
| Antonyms | complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, kick | ||
| 5. | cheer (communication) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | ||
| Samples | The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers. | ||
| Synonyms | barrack, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | encourage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cheerlead | ||
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