Cheer and Frighten

Opposite meaning words

sentence examples collocations

Cheer

Cheer verb - To declare enthusiastic approval of.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Cheer
Antonyms for Cheer
Frighten is an antonym for cheer.
Nearby Words: cheerful, cheerless, cheery, cheering, cheerfulness

Frighten

Frighten verb - To strike with fear.
Usage example: around the campfire the campers tried to frighten one another with ghostly legends and grisly tales
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Frighten
Antonyms for Frighten
Cheer is an antonym for frighten.
Nearby Words: frightening, fright, frighting
Similar words of cheer

Similar words of frighten

Common collocations

people cheer people frighten people
wife cheer wife frighten wife
men cheer men frighten men
someone cheer someone frighten someone
Other words: opponent, friends, opponents, students.

Both words in one sentence

  • Warrior Poet In fact, like in the books, he's been known to sing heroically to cheer his friends on and frighten his foes.
    Source: Warrior Poet
Cite this Source
Frighten and Cheer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheer/frighten
Cheer & Frighten. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheer/frighten>.
Frighten or Cheer. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheer/frighten.

Antonyms for cheer


Antonyms for frighten

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "cheer" and "frighten" have occurred on timeline