cheerleader
/ˈtʃɪə(ɹ)ˌliːdə(ɹ)/
cheerleader noun: a person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.

Noun
cheerleader (plural cheerleaders)
- A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.
- A person who rallies support for any cause.
- Given these sentiments, it is unsurprising that ultranationalists have been the main cheerleaders of closer Russia-North Korea relations.2023 November 17, “Russia and North Korea: A Growing Strategic Partnership”, in 38 North
- Antonyms:
- gloomleader
cheerleader meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
cheerleader in Hindi
- चीयरलीडर, चीयरलिडर
cheerleader in Tamil
- சியர்லீடர், சீர்லீடர்
cheerleader in Marathi
- चीयरलीडर, चीअरलीडर, चीयरलिडर
cheerleader in Bengali
- চিয়ারলিডার
More languagesFewer languages
- cheerleader in Telugu
- చీర్లీడర్, ఛీర్లీడర్
- cheerleader in Malayalam
- ചീർലീഡർ, ചിയർലീഡർ, ചീയർലീഡർ
- cheerleader in Kannada
- ಹುರಿದುಂಬಿ
- cheerleader in Punjabi
- ਚੀਅਰਲੀਡਰ, ਚਿਅਰਲੀਡਰ
- cheerleader in Gujarati
- ચીયરલીડર, ચીયરલિડર
- cheerleader in Odia
- ଚିଯ଼ରଲିଡର, ଚିଅରଲିଡର, ଚିଯ଼ରଲିଡର୍
- cheerleader in Nepali
- चियरलिडर, चीयरलिडर, चिअरलिडर
- cheerleader in Malay
- ketua penyorak
- cheerleader in Vietnamese
- hoạt náo viên
Examples of cheerleader in a sentence
- Napoleon Dynamite is a supersilly cheerleader!
- Epstein’s mansion on the Upper East Side and raucous parties with cheerleaders and models at Mr.
- Null illustrates, the cheerleaders for iatrocide are yelling “We're Number One!”
Antonyms of cheerleader
Forms of cheerleader
| plural | cheerleaders |
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Origin of cheerleader
From cheer + leader.
Words formed from cheerleader
Questions about cheerleader
- What does cheerleader mean?
- Cheerleader means a person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.
- What is cheerleader in Hindi?
- Cheerleader in Hindi is चीयरलीडर, चीयरलिडर. See Cheerleader meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cheerleader?
- Cheerleader is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cheerleader?
- Cheerleader is pronounced /ˈtʃɪə(ɹ)ˌliːdə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of cheerleader?
- The plural of cheerleader is cheerleaders.
Words near cheerleader in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cheerleader (page history and authors); cheerleader (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cheerleader (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleader (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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