Usually means: Supportive performer promoting team spirit.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word cheerleader:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. cheerleader: Merriam-Webster
  2. cheerleader: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cheerleader: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cheerleader: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cheerleader: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cheerleader, cheerleader: Wordnik
  7. cheerleader: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cheerleader: Wiktionary
  9. cheerleader: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cheerleader: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cheerleader: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cheerleader: Dictionary.com
  13. cheerleader: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Cheerleader (band), Cheerleader (disambiguation), Cheerleader (song), Cheerleader, The Cheerleader: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. cheerleader: Rhymezone
  16. cheerleader: FreeDictionary.org
  17. cheerleader: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. cheerleader: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. cheerleader: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the cheerleader: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (chiefly US) 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:  (figuratively) A person who rallies support for any cause.

Similar:
cheer squad, pep squad, pompom girl, pom-pom girl, chick, choirgirl, sportsgirl, showgirl, chorine, spectatress, more...

Opposite:
hater, doubter, pessimist

Types:
jock, dancer, band member, more...

Phrases:
cheerleader effect, But I'm a Cheerleader, Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader, Cheerleader Melissa, opposite of cheerleader, more...

Adjectives:
high, former, biggest, own, chief, best, old, popular, little, enthusiastic, personal

Colors:
    red,     blue,     white,     yellow,     green, more...



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Similar:
cheer squad, pep squad, pompom girl, pom-pom girl, chick, choirgirl, sportsgirl, showgirl, chorine, spectatress, more...

Opposite:
hater, doubter, pessimist

Types:
jock, dancer, band member, more...

Phrases:
cheerleader effect, But I'm a Cheerleader, Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader, Cheerleader Melissa, opposite of cheerleader, cheerleader characteristic, cheerleader tool, more...

Adjectives:
high, former, biggest, own, chief, best, old, popular, little, enthusiastic, personal

Colors:
    red,     blue,     white,     yellow,     green, more...



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