Synonyms for cheer up
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Cheer — to make someone happier or less downcast
cheer, light up, happy informal, glad, make someone's day, delight, raise someone's spirits, enliven, elate, gladden, hearten, begladden, elevate dated, laetificate formal rare
3. Jolly along
jolly along informal, chirk up
Definitions
- v. 1
To become happier or less downcast.
I cheered up after seeing the results.
- v. 2
To make someone happier or less downcast.
The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.
Example sentences
- glad First of all, let me say how glad I am to be here.
- cheer He tried to cheer up his wife, but wasn't able to.
- delight I delight in going to the apple orchard each fall.
By length
- 4 letters
- glad1
- 5 letters
- happy2, cheer1, elate2
- 7 letters
- delight2, elevate3, enliven3, gladden2, hearten2, blithen
- 9 letters
- begladden
- 11 letters
- laetificate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).