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/t͡ʃɪə̯/ · noun
(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood..
I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
a table loaded with good cheer
"And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me."
“[…]the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.[…].”
Three cheers for the birthday boy!
A cheer rose from the crowd.
Welcome her, thunders of fort and of fleet! / Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street!
And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery knyȝt took the way that hym lyked best
Use cheer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cheer means (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood..
Common synonyms include acclaim, acclamate, applaud, hail.
Possible antonyms include heckle, jeer at, sneer, boo.
I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
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