cheer up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee
Types & categories
- amuse hyponym
Related & opposite
- chirk up causes
- cheerfulness derivation
Sense 2 verb
become cheerful
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- plain antonym
- cheerfulness derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | chirk up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cheerfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amuse |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | plain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cheerfulness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | joy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exuberate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buoy up |