1. A cry or shout of approval
   "The crowd erupted in cheers when the home team scored"
    
2. The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
   "flowers added a note of cheer to the drab room";
   - cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine

1. Show approval or good wishes by shouting
   "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
    
2. Give encouragement to
   "If we do indulge in peace discussion, they tell us, we shall merely cheer the enemy";
   - hearten, recreate, embolden
    
3. Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
   "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers";
   - root on [N. Amer, informal], inspire, urge, barrack [Austral, NZ], urge on, exhort, pep
    
4. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
   "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee";
   - cheer up, jolly along [informal], jolly up [informal], buck up [informal], jolly [informal]
    
5. Become cheerful
   "His mood cheered when he heard the good news"; "She finally cheered up after hearing the good news";
   - cheer up, buck up [informal], jolly [informal]

Derived forms: cheered, cheers, cheering

See also: cheerful, cheerless, depressing, uncheerful

Type of: applaud, approval, attribute, commendation, encourage, joy, rejoice

Antonym: complain, uncheerfulness

Part of: disposition, temperament

Encyclopedia: Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!