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cheers exclamation [ tʃɪəz ]

• expressing good wishes before drinking.
• "‘Cheers,’ she said, raising her glass"
Similar: here's to you, good health, your health, here's health, skol, good luck, slainte, prost, prosit, salut, salud, bottoms up, down the hatch, here's mud in your eye, cheerio, chin-chin, here's how,
• expressing good wishes on parting or ending a conversation.
• "‘Cheers, Jack, see you later.’"
Similar: goodbye, farewell, adieu, check you, hooray, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen, ciao, adios, sayonara, vale, bye, bye-bye, so long, see you, see you later, catch you later, cheerio, ta-ta, ta-ra, later, laters, pip pip, toodle-oo,

cheer verb

• shout for joy or in praise or encouragement.
• "she cheered from the sidelines"
Similar: encourage, urge on, spur on, drive on, motivate, rally, inspire, fire, fire up, give someone a lift, keep someone going, see someone through, root for, light a fire under, inspirit,
Opposite: discourage,
• give comfort or support to.
• "he seemed greatly cheered by my arrival"
Similar: raise someone's spirits, brighten, buoy up, enliven, animate, elate, exhilarate, hearten, gladden, uplift, give a lift to, perk up, encourage, comfort, solace, console, buck up, inspirit,
Opposite: depress,

cheer noun

• a shout of encouragement, praise, or joy.
• "a tremendous cheer from the audience"
Similar: hurrah, hurray, whoop, bravo, hoot, shout, shriek, hosanna, alleluia, acclaim, acclamation, shouting, clamour, applause, clapping, ovation, holler, laudation, huzza,
Opposite: boo,
• cheerfulness, optimism, or confidence.
• "an attempt to inject a little cheer into this gloomy season"
Similar: happiness, joy, joyousness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, gladness, merriment, gaiety, hilarity, mirth, glee, blitheness, jubilation, exultation, euphoria, jollity, jolliness, high spirits, joviality, jocularity, conviviality, light-heartedness, buoyancy, optimism, hope, hopefulness, merrymaking, pleasure, enjoyment, rejoicing, revelry, festivity, frolics, living it up, larking about, sport,
Opposite: sadness, doom and gloom,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French chiere ‘face’, from late Latin cara, from Greek kara ‘head’. The original sense was ‘face’, hence ‘expression, mood’, later specifically ‘a good mood’.


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