| Main Entry: | hurrah |
| Part of Speech: | interjection |
| Definition: | yeah |
Synonyms: |
cheer, encouragement, hip-hip, hurray, huzza, rah-rah, three cheers, whoopee, yay, yell, yippee |
| Main Entry: | applause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clapping; expression of approval |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, accolade, approbation, big hand, bring down the house, cheering, cheers, commendation, eulogizing, hand, hand-clapping, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, plaudits, praise, rooting, round, standing ovation |
Antonyms: |
silence |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applause, supportive yell |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, approbation, approval, cry, encouragement, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ovation, plaudits, roar, shout |
Antonyms: |
boo |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage in activity |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, applaud, clap, hail, hurrah, plug*, rise to, root, salute, sound off for, support, yell |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dishearten, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument for idea |
Synonyms: |
advancement, affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, avowal, belief, charge, claim, contestation, declaration, demurrer, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, maintaining, opinion, plea, position, predication, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view |
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
Synonyms: |
altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling-out, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff, words, wrangle, wrangling |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling out; yelling |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, meow, mewling, moo, motto, nicker, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, vociferation, wail, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo |
| Main Entry: | fervor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
animation, ardency, ardor, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervency, fire*, heartiness, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz, love, oomph, passion, pep talk, piety, piousness, religiousness, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, wholeheartedness, zeal, zealousness |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
Antonyms: |
apathy, coolness, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | passion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong emotion |
Synonyms: |
affection, affectivity, agony, anger, animation, ardor, dedication, devotion, distress, dolor, eagerness, ecstasy, excitement, feeling, fervor, fire, fit, flare-up, frenzy, fury, heat, hurrah, indignation, intensity, ire, joy, misery, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rapture, resentment, sentiment, spirit, storm, suffering, temper, transport, vehemence, warmth, wrath, zeal, zest |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness |
| Main Entry: | plaudits |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applause |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, accolade, big hand, cheering, cheers, clapping, commendation, hand, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, praise, raves, rooting, stamping, standing ovation |