cheery C2+ Topic:Senses & Perception US /ˈtʃɪri/ UK /ˈtʃɪəri/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like chilly /l/ vs /ɹ/ Meanings 1 adj bright and pleasant; cheerful She greeted them with a cheery wave from the doorway. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · bright and pleasant; cheerful cheerfulbrightjollymerrysunnybuoyantblitheupbeat ↔ Opposites gloomyglummorosedejectedcheerless Word family Derived forms cheerilycheeriness Related forms cheercheerfulcheerless Common collocations cheery hello Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From cheer + -y. Cheer is from Old French chiere ('face, countenance, mood'), from Late Latin cara ('face'), from Greek kara ('head'). chiere Old French cara la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cheery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃɪri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃɪəri/ ## Meanings 1. bright and pleasant; cheerful ## Examples - She greeted them with a cheery wave from the doorway. ## Synonyms - cheerful - bright - jolly - merry - sunny - buoyant - blithe - upbeat ## Antonyms - gloomy - glum - morose - dejected - cheerless ## Derived Forms - cheerily - cheeriness ## Related Forms - cheer - cheerful - cheerless ## Roots and Affixes - Root: chiere - Root: cara ## Etymology From cheer + -y. Cheer is from Old French chiere ('face, countenance, mood'), from Late Latin cara ('face'), from Greek kara ('head'). ## AI Etymology Cheery is from cheer + -y. Cheer is from Old French chiere ('face, countenance, mood'), from Late Latin cara ('face'), from Greek kara ('head'). Important recorded forms include chiere (Old French) and cara (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers bright and pleasant; cheerful. The wider family includes derived forms such as cheerily and cheeriness and related words such as cheer, cheerful, and cheerless. ## Topics - Senses & Perception - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown