Cheer
Cheer verb - To declare enthusiastic approval of.
Usage example: critics and fans alike have cheered the latest addition to the author's series of fantasy novels
Root is a synonym for cheer in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Root" instead a verb "Cheer", when it comes to topics like praise, encourage in activity.
How words are described
| single | single cheer | single root |
| large | large cheer | large root |
| collective | collective cheer | collective root |
| dark | dark cheer | dark root |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Not many root for the dimwitted camp counsellers and nubile victims, and instead cheer for invincible homicidal killers.
Source: Just Here for Godzilla -
And yet, he's also genuinely heroic at times, and we root for him, and we cheer when he falls in love with Veronica and they become a couple.
Source: Series / Veronica Mars - In the fanfic Arrogance And Envy, they also power up by individual Spirit Bomb effects once their users "awaken" - for example, Pinkie Pie (Laughter) gains extra power from anypony she can cheer up, while Rainbow Dash (Loyalty) is powered up when those she fights for root for her.
Source: Combined Energy Attack
Cite this Source
Root and Cheer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheer/root
Cheer & Root. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheer/root>.
Root or Cheer. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheer/root.
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