| cheer | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. cheer | a cry or shout of approval. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ banzai | a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph. |
| ~ bravo | a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance. |
| ~ hooray, hurrah | a victory cheer.; "let's give the team a big hurrah" |
| ~ salvo | a sudden outburst of cheers.; "there was a salvo of approval" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine | the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
| ~ good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness | a cheerful willingness to be obliging. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate | give encouragement to. |
| ~ buck up, take heart | gain courage. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| v. (communication) | 4. cheer | show approval or good wishes by shouting.; "everybody cheered the birthday boy" |
| ~ applaud | express approval of.; "I applaud your efforts" |
| ~ lighten, lighten up, buoy up | make more cheerful.; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" |
| v. (communication) | 5. cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up | cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful.; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee" |
| ~ chirk up, cheer up, cheer | become cheerful. |
| ~ amuse | make (somebody) laugh.; "The clown amused the children" |
| v. (communication) | 6. cheer, cheer up, chirk up | become cheerful. |
| ~ exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph | to express great joy.; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" |
| ~ buoy up, lighten up, lighten | become more cheerful.; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" |
| ~ joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy. |
| v. (communication) | 7. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
| ~ cheerlead | act as a cheerleader in a sports event. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| encouragement | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. encouragement | the expression of approval and support. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ abetment, abettal, instigation | the verbal act of urging on. |
| ~ cheering, shouting | encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators.; "it's all over but the shouting" |
| ~ advancement, furtherance, promotion | encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something. |
| ~ fosterage, fostering | encouragement; aiding the development of something. |
| ~ goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging, goad | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" |
| ~ incitement, provocation | needed encouragement.; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation" |
| ~ vote of confidence | an expression of approval and encouragement.; "they gave the chairman a vote of confidence" |
| n. (act) | 2. boost, encouragement | the act of giving hope or support to someone. |
| ~ assist, assistance, help, aid | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
| ~ morale booster, morale building | anything that serves to increase morale.; "the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder" |
| n. (feeling) | 3. encouragement | the feeling of being encouraged. |
| ~ hope | the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" |
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