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Definition: Cheer |
CheerNoun1. A cry or shout of approval. 2. The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room". Verb1. Give encouragement to. 2. Show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy". 3. Make cheerful. 4. Become cheerful. 5. Urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cheer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: CheerSynonyms: cheerfulness (n), barrack (v), cheer up (v), chirk up (v), embolden (v), exhort (v), hearten (v), inspire (v), jolly along (v), jolly up (v), pep up (v), recreate (v), urge (v), urge on (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: uncheerfulness (n), complain (v), dishearten (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage. |
Amusement | Recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice; please; interest; treat, regale. |
Giggle, titter, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation; Kentish fire; tiger. | |
Approbation | Commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore; panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. |
Applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise; Prytaneum. | |
Cheerfulness | Noun: cheerfulness; Adjective: geniality, gayety, l'allegro, cheer, good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur, bon naturel. |
Courage | Give courage, infuse courage, inspire courage; reassure, encourage, embolden, inspirit, cheer, nerve, put upon one's mettle, rally, raise a rallying cry; pat on the back, make a man of., keep in countenance. |
Courtesy | Receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade. |
Food | Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese. |
Hope | Beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel. |
Give hope, inspire hope, raise hope, hold out hope; Noun: promise, bid fair, augur well, be in a fair way, look up, flatter, tell a flattering tale; raise expectations; encourage, cheer, assure, reassure, buoy up, embolden. | |
Pleasure | Joy, gladness, delight, glee, cheer, sunshine; cheerfulness. |
Sociality | Conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre, festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup; hospitality, heartiness; cheer. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cheer |
| English words defined with "cheer": banzai, Bellycheer ♦ Chear, Cheered, cheerful, cheering, Cheeringly, cheerless, cheery ♦ Dapatical ♦ Feast day ♦ gay ♦ hooray, hurrah, Huzza ♦ Recreate ♦ sunny ♦ To elevate a piece, To refresh the memory ♦ uncheerful, uncheerfulness, Unsadden, Upcheer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cheer": Dutch Gleek ♦ monkeyballs ♦ Peg too Low, President, Programmer's Cheer ♦ Scandal-broth, Seraiah. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cheer": Horn. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cheer" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (country, home, land, shore, state, territory). |
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Screenplays | There's nothing like a little bit of mayhem to cheer one up. (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer) You'll find more cheer in a graveyard (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Well, cheer up, Mary; living alone has its compensations (The Women; writing credit: Anita Loos) Hey, cheer up (Grease; writing credit: Bronte Woodard.) I thought that a nice afternoon at the Garden Fete might cheer him up a bit. (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz) | |
Lyrics | Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use to the dead (Buy For Me the Rain; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) To cheer the night along (Higher Love; performing artist: Steve Winwood) Cheer up, Sleepy Jean (Daydream Believer; performing artist: The Monkees) He's never near you to comfort and cheer you (Kiss Him Goodbye; performing artist: The Nylons) So don't fear us, cheer us ("Men in Black"; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cheer the Brave (1951) Thousands Cheer (1943) While Thousands Cheer (1940) Cheer Boys Cheer (1939) Swing That Cheer (1938) | |
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![]() | Having a little cheer on a day off in Willmar Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Some U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons fans used blue and white face paint to show their support for the team. Robert Barajas (l.-r.), Scott Thiessen, and Able Barajas helped cheer the Falcons to a 37-34 victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs at the Silicon. |
![]() | "Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly U.S.N. painted these pictures of the hurricane at Samoa after his retirement while he lived at 72 Perkins St. West Newton, Massachusetts. I can recall his saying that it was the swift and tremendously strong under tow that was a great factor in keeping the U.S.S. Trenton from pounding down on the sharp reefs as each wave threw her upon them. He also spoke of the spontaneous cheer of the men on the Trenton, as the Calliope drew past and went out to sea." Comments by Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, daughter of Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, concerning the sketches of the Apia hurricane that are contained in his personal journal. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Life was made for love and cheer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Varlet serve me to what cheer ye have. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Cheer up, my boy, we're going to let you have copper pennies again. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Cheer up! he's gotta tell you something within six weeks!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Hoover continues eastern speaking tour as New Jersey towns cheer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Hoover invades democratic stronghold--thousands come out to cheer republican nominee in New Jersey. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Cheer Cafe, Cook, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristippus | Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life. |
Edmund Burke | Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover. |
Pindar | When toilsome contests have been decided, good cheer is the best physician, and songs, the sage daughters of the Muses, soothe with their touch. |
Sir Walter Scott | Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. |
Socrates | Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Harriet looked white and frightened, and he was trying to cheer her. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Cheer after cheer after cheer |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | I have not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President. If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! -- An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer -- I'm passing with a wide and open ear! Jonathan Fomry |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | This year, let's give the folks at home something to cheer about. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Cheer" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.21% of the time. "Cheer" is used about 714 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50.21% | 359 | 15,003 |
| Noun (singular) | 34.13% | 244 | 19,120 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.97% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.7% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 714 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cheer": be of a good cheer ♦ be of good cheer ♦ blue cheer ♦ bronx cheer ♦ cheer leader ♦ cheer on ♦ cheer section ♦ cheer smb. on ♦ cheer to the echo ♦ cheer to the very echo ♦ cheer up ♦ cheer up! ♦ christmas cheer ♦ good cheer ♦ jubilant cheer ♦ make good cheer ♦ Programmer's Cheer ♦ To cheer ship ♦ what cheer ♦ Whzt cheer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cheer": cheer-lead, cheer-leaders, cheer-leading, cheer-oh, cheer-up. | |
Ending with "cheer": belly-cheer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cheer | 3,068 | blue cheer | 53 |
cheerleading cheer | 770 | cheer tv show | 50 |
softball cheer | 702 | cheer shorts | 49 |
cheer chant | 351 | cheer pic | 48 |
team cheer | 103 | cheer video | 46 |
cheer music | 100 | cheer clipart | 44 |
cheer for cheerleader | 98 | chant cheer softball | 43 |
bring it on cheer | 96 | cheer leading | 43 |
cheer stunt | 94 | business cheer solution | 42 |
cheerleading cheer chant | 93 | baseball cheer | 41 |
cheer uniform | 81 | cheer obie trice | 41 |
cheer up | 80 | art cheer clip | 40 |
cheer dance | 70 | cheer competition | 39 |
cheer theme song | 70 | cheer friday | 39 |
cheer shoes | 62 | cheer cliff | 38 |
cheer cast | 62 | actor cheer george | 35 |
camp cheer | 60 | bow cheer loris | 35 |
cheer picture | 56 | america cheer | 35 |
cheer quote | 56 | cheer poem up | 33 |
cheer and dance music | 55 | cheer hello | 33 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cheer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | të pirë e të ngrënë, nxitje (abetment, challenge, countenance, dare, dig, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), ngazëllim (ecstasy, elation, enthusiasm, exultancy, exultation, flush, gladness, jubilance, Jubilate, jubilation, kick, rapture, vibrancy, vibration), mbush me gëzim (cheer up), inkurajim (encouragement, nurse), humor (humor, humour, mood, pleasantry, temper), gazmend (gaiety, glee, joy, liveliness, merriment, mirth), gaz (cheerfulness, exhilaration, fluid, fume, gaiety, gas, glee, jamboree, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, liveliness, merriment, merriness, mirth, rattle, rollick, sunshine, tittup, waggery), gëzoj (Chirk, delight, enjoy, gladden, hearten, make glad, overjoy, warm), gëzim (enjoyment, festivity, gaiety, gladness, glee, joy, merriment, mirth, rejoice, waggery), brohoritje (acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheering, furor, hail, ovation, recall, salvo, Viva), brohorit (acclaim), brohoras (acclaim). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرح (cheerful, delight, gaiety, gladden, gladness, glee, gleesome, gloat, happy, joy, joyful, liven up, rejoicing, thaw, tickle), هلل (acclaim, praise), هتف (acclaim, applaud, blare, ejaculate, exclaim, root, whoop, yell), هتاف (acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheering, clarion, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, hallo, ovation, plaudit, whoop, yell), نشجيع, تهليل (acclamation), إبتهج (brighten, delight, get excited, gloat, glory, rejoice, triumph), إبتهاج (acclamation, airiness, buoyancy, cheerfulness, ecstasy, exhilaration, exultation, festival, festivity, gaiety, joy, jubilation, lustiness, pleasure, rejoicing, spree, sunshine), رفع الحالة المعنوية, شعور (affect, aura, consciousness, feel, feeling, hunch, pulse, sensation), شجع (animate, comfort, countenance, cultivate, embolden, encourage, feed, fortify, foster, hearten, inspirit, instigation, invite, nerve, promote, root, spur, support). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ура (hurrah, hurray, whee, whoopee), гощавка (wassail), веселие (exhilaration, frolic, glee, hilarity, jollity, junket, lark, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, revel), викам ура на, одобрителен вик, настроение (feeling, fit, frame of mind, humor, humour, mood, spirit, temper, tune), аплодирам (acclaim, applaud, rise to). (various references) | |
Chinese | 喝采 (acclaim), 欢呼 (Cheered, cheering), 叫好 (applaud). (various references) | |
Czech | veselá mysl, vítat (acclaim, greet, welcome), potìšit (gladden, please, tickle), pobízet (put up, spur, underbid, urge, urge on), nálada (disposition, humor, humour, mood, spirit, spirits, temper, tuning), jásot (acclamations, cheering, jubilance, jubilation, shout). (various references) | |
Dutch | hoera roepen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | plifervorigi (fire, inspire, stimulate), hurao, hurai. (various references) | |
Farsi | فریادوهلهله افرین , هلهله کردن (Applause), هورا (Bravo, Whoopee), تشویق کردن (Countenance, Encourage, Eulogize, Grace, Patronize), خوشی (Bliss, Curvet, Delight, Felicity, Gala, Glee, Gust, Hilarity, Jamboree, Jollification, Jollity, Joviality, Joy, Joyance, Lark, Mirth, Paradise, Pleasure, Ploy, Splurge, Spree), دلخوشی دادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | ilahduttaa (gladden), hyvähuuto (acclamation), hurrata, hurraahuuto, eläköönhuuto, eläköön. (various references) | |
French | supporter, remonter le moral, jubiler, gaieté (cheerfulness, cheering), encouragement, applaudissement (cheering, chorus), applaudir, acclamer, acclamation. (various references) | |
Frisian | oanhysje (abet, encourage, excite, fire, impel, incite, inspire, instigate, provoke, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), oanfjurje (abet, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), oanfiterje (abet, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge). (various references) | |
German | hochruf, jubeln (jubilate, rejoice, to cheer, to jubilate, triumph). (various references) | |
Greek | ζητωκραυγάζω (hail). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשמח (amuse, delight, elate, exhilarate, gladden, rejoice), לעו"" (cheer up, embolden, encourage, hearten, invigorate, keep in countenance, man, nerve, spirit, strengthen), ל"ריע (acclaim, shout, shout in triumph, trumpet), תרוע" (alarm, blare, blast, cry, shout, tattoo, trumpet call), שמח" (exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, joy, mirth), ע"ו" (encouragement, exhoration, incentive, stimulus). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vendéglátás (hospitality), jó hangulat (conviviality, good humor, good humour, light mood), éljenzés (acclamation, cheering, hurrah, ovation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sorak sorai. (various references) | |
Italian | cibo (fare, food, grub, meat, nourishment, scoff, viands), rallegrare (brighten, cheer up, congratulate, delight, make glad, rejoice), incoraggiare (animate, bear up, embolden, encourage, Foster, hearted, hearten, urge), grido di incoraggiamento, evviva (cheers, hurrah), esultare (exult, glory, Jubilate, maffick, rejoice, triumph), applauso (acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheering, clap, elan), applaudire (acclaim, applaud, clap). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ダ行 (bing, chain, chain letter, cheap, cheerleader, cheese, chief, Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu", cook in a microwave, ding, interjection, team, teamwork), "声 (shout of joy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | チア , か"せい (accomplishment, complete, completion, control, dry, dryness, government-manufactured, government-regulated organization or facility etc., inertia, perfection, pitfall, quiet, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, shout, shout of joy, snoring sound, tranquil, trap). (various references) | |
Korean | 환호. (various references) | |
Manx | horaa (hurrah), gien (feast, glee, humour, show), gair. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eerchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | comida (board, dietary, eating, fare, food, meal, peck, prog, scoff, tuck, tucker), confortar (comfort, console, solace), alegrar (adorn, beautify, decorate, delight, enliven, gladden, hearten, jollify, joy, make glad, rejoice), alegria (bliss, conviviality, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, exultancy, felicity, frolic, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, jubilance, jubilation, light-heartedness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rejoicing, sunshine, vivacity, whoopee), animar (actuate, animate, assure, awake, awaken, brighten, brisk, calorify, cherish, chirk, comfort, embolden, encourage, enliven, ensoul, exhilarate, flush, ginger, grandmother, hearten, heat, incite, inspire, inspirit, jazz, jolly, kittle, liven, liven up, nerve, pep, perk, propel, rally, rouse, smarten, spirit, stimulate, uphold, vitalize, vivify, warm), aplaudir (acclaim, applaud, approve, clap, hearten, praise), aplausos, ânimo (animus, courage, liveliness, manhood, mind, mood, soul), bom humor (geniality), satisfação (accomplishment, apology, assuagement, content, contents, dribblet, enjoyment, exhilaration, fulfillment, fulfilment, glee, glut, pride, rejoicing, relish, reparation, satisfaction, zest), dar vivas (hearten), disposição (accommodation, arrangement, cue, disposal, fit, formation, lay, line-up, liveliness, mood, order, predisposition, proviso, stomach, temperament, tendency), estado de espírito (affection, feather, mood, morale, state of mind), exclamação (ejaculation, exclamation, interjection, shout), iguaria (dish, mess), apoio (aid, backing, backup, bearer, buttress, countenance, furtherance, hold, holder, holdfast, prop, protection, staff, stay, strength, support, tie-plate, toehold, upholder). (various references) | |
Romanian | stimula (abet, activate, actuate, brace, develop, dynamize, elate, Energize, enliven, excite, fillip, fire, gladden, goad, hop, incite, inspire, irritate, lash, motive, needle, pander to, pep, pep up, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rouse, sharpen, spur, stimulate, stir up, tickle, urge, whet), încuraja (buck up, countenance, elate, embolden, encourage, fire, hearten, inspire, inspirit, key up, nerve, pep, promote, reassure, stimulate, stomach, support, uphold). (various references) | |
Russian | веселье (festivity, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, hilarity, jamboree, jinks, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, merry-making, mirth, revel, revelry, shindig, shindy, spree, sunshine, the bowl, tittup), веселить (exhilarate, joy, rejoice), ободрять (embolden, encourage, hearten), ободрение (encouragement, reassurance), одобрять возглас, поощрять (embolden, encourage, place a premium, promote, put a premium). (various references) | |
Scottish | suilbh. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veselo raspoloženje, bodriti (root for). (various references) | |
Spanish | animar (abet, animate, brighten up, brisk, buck up, embolden, encourage, enliven, fan, fire, hearten, impel, inspire, inspirit, instigate, jazz, lift, liven, liven up, pep up, perk up, pull for, reman, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge, urge on), incitar (abet, encourage, fan, fire, impel, incite, inciter, inspire, instigate, provoke, put up, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, urge, urge on). (various references) | |
Swedish | hurra (hurrah, hurray, whoopee, yippee). (various references) | |
Turkish | neşelendiren şey, alkışlamak (acclaim, applaud, clap, clap one's hands), avuntu (comfort, consolation, distraction, salve, solace), avutmak (cheer up, comfort, console, delude, distract, relieve, solace), ferahlamak (draw a breath, draw breath, freshen, freshen up, refresh, relieve one's feelings), huy (blood, character, constitution, habit, humor, humour, kidney, nature, temper, temperament, vein), keyif (bliss, conviviality, delight, enchantment, exhilaration, glee, high spirits, humor, humour, joviality, joy, Kef, pleasure, rejoicing, temper), keyiflendirmek, misafirperverlik (hospitality), alkış (acclaim, acclamation, applause, clap, hand, plaudit, plaudits), neşe (brightness, buoyancy, cheerfulness, cheeriness, esprit, exhilaration, frolic, gaiety, glee, hilarity, humor, humour, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasantry, raciness, rejoicing, spirit, sprightliness, sunshine, vivacity), yiyecek erzak, neşelendirmek (amuse, animate, brace, brace up, brighten, buck up, cheer up, elate, enliven, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, light, light up, liven, liven up, quicken, revive, spirit, spirit up, vivify), neşeli sesler çıkarmak, sevinç çığlığı (crow), sevinçle bağırmak, teşvik etmek (abet, cheer on, countenance, draw, egg, egg on, embolden, encourage, fillip, Foster, ginger, ginger up, give a fillip to, give countenance to, goad, goad on, incite, induce, inspirit, instigate, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, lend wings to, prod, prompt, put a premium on, put smb. on his mettle, revitalize, set on, sharpen, spark, spoonfeed, spur, spur smb. on, stimulate, stir up, tickle up, urge), teselli (comfort, consolation, salve, solace), teselli etmek (cheer up, comfort, console, solace), tezahürat (cheers, ovations), mizaç (frame of mind, humor, humour, idiosyncrasy, nature, quality, temperament, vein). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gцwnьne gotermek (cheer up). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схвальний вигук, ура (hooray, hurrah, hurray, viva), розрада, тішити (delight, pamper), вітати оплесками, веселощі (frolic, gaiety, gambol, glee, joyfulness, merriment, merry making, mirth, racket, revelry, shindig, shindy), оплески (applause, clap, plaudit), настрій (cue, disposition, humor, humour, mood, posture, spirit, temper, vein), надихати (animate, ensoul, fire, imbue, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, lift, prepossess, spiritualize, warm), аплодувати (applaud, clap), підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підтримка (aegis, aliment, alimentation, backing, boost, crutch, egis, espousal, favour, pick me up, prop, sanction, smiles, sponsorship, support, sustention, vindication), підбадьорювати (bear up, bolden, embolden, encourage, enliven, hearten, jazz, pep up, reman), пожвавлення (animation, exhilaration, ginger, merriment, reactivation, zing). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiêng hoan hô đ" ăn ngon, thể trạng cố gắng lên!, sự vui vẻ (gaiety, gladness, heartiness, hilarity, jauntiness, jocularity, jolliness, jollity, merriment, mirth), sự khuyến khích sự hoan hô, sự khoái trá sự cổ vũ, món ăn thịnh soạn khí sắc, hãy can đảm lên! đầy dũng cảm, đầy hy vọng c ng ít người c ng được ăn nhiều, đừng nản. (various references) | |
Welsh | sirioli (brighten), llonni (gladden), lloniant (joy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kara. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Catraeus wallichii, consolaberis, consolabimini, consolabitur, consolabor, consolabuntur, consolamini, consolandam, consolandum, consolans, consolantes, consolare, consolarentur, consolarer, consolaretur, consolari, consolata, consolati, consolator, consolatur, consolatus, consolatusque, consolemini, consolentur, consoleris, consoletur, hortabatur, hortare, hortaretur, hortati, hortatus, hortatusque, laetifica, laetificabat, laetificabis, laetificabo, laetificant, laetificantes, laetificantia, laetificasti, laetificat, laetificaverat, laetificaverunt, laetificavit, laetificet. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | cara. (various references) |
| Anglo-Norman | 1100-1600 | chere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 27, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Euqumoi de genomenoi panteV kai autoi proselabonto trofhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Animaequiores autem facti omnes et ipsi adsumpserunt cibum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And alle weren maad of betere coumfort, and thei token mete. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then were they all of good cheare and they also toke meate. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took food. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then they all took heart and did the same. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 27, Verse 36 |
| Albanian | Atëherë të gjithë, si morën zemër, morën edhe ata nga ushqimi. |
| Cebuano | Ug unya nadasig silang tanan ug sila mikaon usab. |
| Croatian | Svi se razvedre te i oni uzmu hrane. |
| Danish | Da bleve de alle frimodige og toge også Næring til sig. |
| Dutch | En zij allen, goedsmoeds geworden zijnde, namen ook zelven spijze. |
| Finnish | Silloin kaikki tulivat rohkealle mielelle ja ottivat hekin ruokaa. |
| French | Et tous, reprenant courage, mangèrent aussi. |
| German | Da wurden sie alle gutes Muts und nahmen auch Speise. |
| Haitian Creole | Tout moun reprann kouraj; yo menm tou yo manje. |
| Hungarian | Felbátorodván pedig mindnyájan, szintén vevének magukhoz táplálékot. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka mereka semua bersemangat kembali dan turut makan juga. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kemudian tetaplah hati sekaliannya itu, lalu mereka itu pun makan. |
| Italian | Tutti si sentirono rianimati, e anch'essi presero cibo. |
| Latvian | Tad visi kïuva droðâki un sâka çst. |
| Maori | Na ka marama nga ngakau o ratou katoa, ka kai ano ratou. |
| Norwegian | da blev de alle frimodige og tok føde til sig de også. |
| Portuguese | Então todos cobraram ânimo e se puseram também a comer. |
| Rumanian | Toyi s`au kmbqrbqtat atunci, wi au luat wi ei de au mkncat. |
| Russian | фПЗ"Б ЧУЕ П'П"ТЙМЙУШ Й ФБЛЦЕ ТЙОСМЙ ЙЭХ. |
| Shuar | Tura apatkun yuan Wáinkiar, Ashí aents shiir Enentáimsar Yurumáwarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y cuando todos recobraron mejor ánimo, comieron ellos también. |
| Swahili | Hapo wote wakapata moyo, nao pia wakala chakula. |
| Swedish | Då blevo alla de andra vid gott mod och togo sig mat, också de. |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, moroho-mi nono-ra, ngkoni' omea-ramo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cheer": cheered, cheerer, cheerers, cheerful, cheerfuller, cheerfullest, cheerfully, cheerfulness, cheerfulnesses, cheerier, cheeriest, cheerily, cheeriness, cheerinesses, cheering, cheerio, cheerios, cheerlead, cheerleader, cheerleaders, cheerleading, cheerleads, cheerled, cheerless, cheerlessly, cheerlessness, cheerlessnesses, cheerly, cheero, cheeros, cheers, cheery. (additional references) | |
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"Cheer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acheter, bher, cehe, ceir, Cfer, chaor, chaur, che, chea, chead, chear, cheard, cheder, chee, Cheeee, cheef, Cheen, Cheere, cheero, cheet, Cheez, chefet, cheg, Cheget, Chehem, cheiro, cher, cherb, cherd, chere, Cheree, Cherk, chern, cherr, cheubr, chev, chex, cheze, chezer, chier, chire, chiree, chiver, choner, Chree, chy, cleer, clere, Cmhera, creer, gheer, gher, Kehheler, kezer, Kher, Schneer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cheer" (pronounced khi"r) |
| 2 | -i" r | adhere, Amir, appear, auctioneer, austere, bandolier, beer, belvedere, bioengineer, bombardier, Brigadier, budgeteer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, Chevalier, clear, commandeer, conventioneer, dear, deer, disappear, domineer, ear, electioneer, emir, engineer, fear, financier, fleer, Frere, frontier, gear, gondolier, hear, here, insincere, interfere, jeer, Kier, Lear, marketeer, mere, mir, mutineer, near, overhear, pamphleteer, peer, persevere, pier, pioneer, premier, premiere, profiteer, queer, Racketeer, Rainier, reappear, rear, reengineer, rehear, revere, sear, sere, severe, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, souvenir, spear, Speer, speir, sphere, steer, summiteer, unclear, veer, veneer, volunteer, year, Zaire. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-r" | |
-1 letter: cere, eche, here. | |
-2 letters: cee, ere, her, rec, ree. | |
-3 letters: eh, er, he, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-r" | |
+1 letter: breech, cheder, cheero, cheers, cheery, chevre, chewer, cohere, creche, creesh, echoer, etcher, euchre, lecher, rechew, reecho, reechy. | |
+2 letters: belcher, bencher, cheaper, cheater, checker, cheders, cheeper, cheered, cheerer, cheerio, cheerly, cheeros, chequer, chevres, chewers, chewier, chiefer, chimere, cohered, coherer, coheres, creches, earache, echoers, erethic, etchers, etheric, euchred, euchres, fetcher, heckler, hectare, heretic, leacher, lechers, lechery, machree, ochered, ochreae, peacher, perched, percher, perches, reached, reacher, reaches, recheat, recheck, rechews, rechose, retched, retches, reteach, schemer, schmeer, screech, teacher, techier, trochee, welcher, wencher. | |
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