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- [cheer]
- /tʃɪər/
- /tʃɪər/
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- [cheer]
- /tʃɪər/
Definitions of cheer word
- verb cheer When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game. 3
- verb cheer Cheer is also a noun. 3
- verb cheer If you are cheered by something, it makes you happier or less worried. 3
- uncountable noun cheer Cheer is a feeling of cheerfulness. 3
- convention cheer People sometimes say 'Cheers' to each other just before they drink an alcoholic drink. 3
- convention cheer Some people say 'Cheers' as a way of saying 'thank you' or 'goodbye'. 3
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Origin of cheer
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English chere face < Anglo-French; compare Old French chiere < Late Latin cara face, head < Greek kárā head
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cheer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cheer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cheer
noun cheer
- delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- joy — a female given name.
- glee — a squint.
- optimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- geniality — warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
verb cheer
- hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- buoy — A buoy is a floating object that is used to show ships and boats where they can go and to warn them of danger.
- steel — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
interjection cheer
Antonyms for cheer
noun cheer
- sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
verb cheer
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- sadden — make sad
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
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