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View synonyms for cheerleader

cheerleader

[ cheer-lee-der ]

noun

  1. a person who leads spectators in cheering, usually a member of a team that performs dance, acrobatic, and tumbling routines at sporting events or in competitions with other teams.
  2. a person who encourages and openly supports the success of a person or cause:

    Her dad has always been her biggest cheerleader.

    He emerged as a cheerleader for the rights of the incarcerated.



cheerleader

/ ˈtʃɪəˌliːdə /

noun

  1. a person who leads a crowd in formal cheers, esp at sports events


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheerleader1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; cheer + leader

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Example Sentences

“Jen is a great athlete and a wonderful cheerleader,” says Tiffany.

She attended the Temperley shows, and was an enthusiastic cheerleader for British fashion as a whole.

More tongue-in-cheek was a new twist on the cheerleader uniform.

In their cheerleader personas, the penguins took over the stadium, entering through the igloo.

And at the center of it all: a striking blond cheerleader-cum-schoolteacher.

Too bad none of them ever crashed, or landed on the Yale football field and said Take me to your cheerleader, or something.

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