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1. Friendly remark said before starting to drink an alcoholic beverage
   - skol, skoal, bottoms up, chin-chin [Brit]
    
2. [Brit] An informal farewell remark
   - chin-chin [Brit], toodle-oo, toodle-pip [Brit], ta-ta [Brit], ta-ra [UK]
    
3. [Brit] Exclamation expressing gratitude
   - ta [Brit], thank you, thanks

1. A cry or shout of approval
    
2. The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
   - cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine

1. Give encouragement to
   - hearten, recreate, embolden
    
2. Show approval or good wishes by shouting
   "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
    
3. 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, jolly up
    
4. Become cheerful
   - cheer up, chirk up
    
5. Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
   "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
   - root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up

See also: cheerer, cheerful, cheering, cheerless, cheery, depressing, uncheerful

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

Antonym: complain

Part of: disposition, temperament

Encyclopedia: Cheer Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!