cheer

Noun

• the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
  • flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
    

• a cry or shout of approval

Verb

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
    

• become cheerful

• cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
  • She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee
    

• show approval or good wishes by shouting
  • everybody cheered the birthday boy
    

• give encouragement to

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cheerfulness , sunniness , sunshine , root on , inspire , urge , barrack , urge on , exhort , pep up , cheer up , chirk up , jolly along , jolly up , hearten , recreate , embolden
• Antonyms: 
  uncheerfulness , complain , kick , plain , sound off , quetch , kvetch , dishearten , put off