Meanings
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of cheer
verbcheers (third-person singular simple present cheerses, present participle cheersing, simple past and past participle cheersed)
present singular third person cheerses · participle present cheersing · participle past cheersed · past cheersed
- ambitransitiveTo say "cheers" as a toast (to someone).
We cheersed and started drinking.
2018, Kavya Mahadik, Unheard Love: Experience the illusion of love1 more example
So I just tilted my beer, cheersing him.
2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 125
noun
- pluralplural of cheer
interjection
- A common toast used when drinking in company.
Synonyms: bottoms up, skoal, chin chin, down the hatch, here’s mud in your eye
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionA common toast used when drinking in company.
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interjectiongoodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.
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interjectionThank you.
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Translations
Afrikaans gesondheid, tjorts
- gesondheidtoast when drinking
- tjortstoast when drinking
- totsiensinformal: goodbye
- dankieinformal: thank you
Basque topa
- topatoast when drinking
Bulgarian наздраве
- наздраве (nazdrave)toast when drinking
Catalan salut
- saluttoast when drinking
Chinese Cantonese 乾杯 /干杯, 飲勝 /饮胜
- 乾杯 /干杯 (gon¹ bui¹)toast when drinking
- 飲勝 /饮胜toast when drinking
- 飲杯 /饮杯 (jam² bui¹)toast when drinking
- 勝嘅 /胜嘅toast when drinking
Chinese Mandarin 乾杯 /干杯, 祝好
- 乾杯 /干杯 (gānbēi)toast when drinking
- 祝好 (zhù hǎo)informal: goodbye
- 謝謝 /谢谢 (xièxie)informal: thank you
Czech na zdraví
- na zdravítoast when drinking
Danish skål, hej hej, vi ses
- skåltoast when drinking
- hej hej, vi sesinformal: goodbye
- takinformal: thank you
Dutch proost, tot ziens
- proosttoast when drinking
- tot ziensinformal: goodbye
- tot laterinformal: goodbye
- ciaoinformal: goodbye
- hoiinformal: goodbye
- doeiinformal: goodbye
- doeginformal: goodbye
- ik zie jeinformal: goodbye
- laterinformal: goodbye
- saluinformal: goodbye
- salutinformal: goodbye
- slukesinformal: goodbye
Esperanto je via sano, sanon
- je via sanotoast when drinking
- sanontoast when drinking
Estonian terviseks, proosit
- tervisekstoast when drinking
- proosittoast when drinking
- tsauinformal: goodbye
- tänudinformal: thank you
Finnish kippis, hölökyn kölökyn
- kippistoast when drinking
- hölökyn kölökyntoast when drinking
- terveinformal: goodbye
- moikkainformal: goodbye
- kiittiinformal: thank you
French à votre santé, santé
- à votre santétoast when drinking
- santétoast when drinking
- tchin-tchintoast when drinking
- à plusinformal: goodbye
- salutinformal: goodbye
- ciaoinformal: goodbye
- merciinformal: thank you
German prost, zum Wohl
- prosttoast when drinking
- zum Wohltoast when drinking
- tschüssinformal: goodbye
- dankeinformal: thank you
Greek εις υγείαν, στην υγειά…
- εις υγείαν (eis ygeían)toast when drinking
- στην υγειά… (stin ygeiá…)toast when drinking
- γεια μας (geia mas)toast when drinking
- γεια (geia)informal: goodbye
Hebrew לחיים
- לחיים (le'khaim)toast when drinking
Hindi चीयर्स
- चीयर्स (cīyars)toast when drinking
Hungarian egészségedre
- egészségedretoast when drinking
Icelandic skál
- skáltoast when drinking
Indonesian bersulang, tos
- bersulangtoast when drinking
- tostoast when drinking
Irish sláinte
- sláintetoast when drinking
Italian cin cin, alla salute
- cin cintoast when drinking
- alla salutetoast when drinking
- salutetoast when drinking
- prosittoast when drinking
- ciao, ci vediamoinformal: goodbye
Korean 건배, 원샷
- 건배 (geonbae)toast when drinking
- 원샷 (wonsyat)toast when drinking
- or simply omit it.toast when drinking
Latin propino
- propinotoast when drinking
Latvian priekā
- priekātoast when drinking
Lithuanian į sveikatą
- į sveikatątoast when drinking
Malay terima kasih
- terima kasihinformal: thank you
Norwegian skål
- skåltoast when drinking
Persian به سلامتی, خداحافظ
- به سلامتی (be salâmati)toast when drinking
- خداحافظ (xodâhâfez)informal: goodbye
Polish na zdrowie, cześć
- na zdrowietoast when drinking
- cześćinformal: goodbye
- dziękiinformal: thank you
Portuguese saúde, tim tim
- saúdetoast when drinking
- tim timtoast when drinking
- tchauinformal: goodbye
- valeuinformal: thank you
Romanian (hai) noroc!, sănătate!
- (hai) noroc!toast when drinking
- sănătate!toast when drinking
- painformal: goodbye
- mersiinformal: thank you
Russian за ва́ше здоро́вье, за твоё здоро́вье
- за ва́ше здоро́вье (za váše zdoróvʹje)toast when drinking
- за твоё здоро́вье (za tvojó zdoróvʹje)toast when drinking
- but "за ваше здоровье" is most used.toast when drinking
- пей до дна́ (pej do dná)toast when drinking
- за здоро́вье (za zdoróvʹje)toast when drinking
- пока́ (poká)informal: goodbye
- спаси́бо (spasíbo)informal: thank you
Scottish Gaelic slàinte
- slàintetoast when drinking
Slovak na zdravie
- na zdravietoast when drinking
Spanish salud, chinchín
- saludtoast when drinking
- chinchíntoast when drinking
- nos vemosinformal: goodbye
- graciasinformal: thank you
Swahili maisha marefu, afya
- maisha marefutoast when drinking
- afyatoast when drinking
- vifijotoast when drinking
Swedish skål, hej
- skåltoast when drinking
- hejinformal: goodbye
- morsinformal: goodbye
- morsninginformal: goodbye
- tjainformal: goodbye
Tagalog tagay
- tagaytoast when drinking
Thai ไชโย, ชนแก้ว
- ไชโย (chai-yoo)toast when drinking
- ชนแก้ว (chon-gɛ̂ɛo)toast when drinking
Turkish şerefe, güle güle
- şerefetoast when drinking
- güle güleinformal: goodbye
- teşekkürlerinformal: thank you
Ukrainian бу́дьмо, бува́ти здоро́в
- бу́дьмо (búdʹmo)toast when drinking
- бува́ти здоро́в (buváty zdoróv)toast when drinking
- па-па́ (pa-pá)informal: goodbye
- бува́й (buváj)informal: goodbye
Urdu جام, شاد
- جام (jām)toast when drinking
- شاد (śād)toast when drinking
- سَلام (salām)toast when drinking
Vietnamese cam pôi, sự cạn ly
- cam pôitoast when drinking
- sự cạn lytoast when drinking
- nâng cốc chúc mừngtoast when drinking
Welsh iechyd da, diolch
- iechyd datoast when drinking
- diolchinformal: thank you
Yiddish לחיים
- לחיים (lekhayem)toast when drinking
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cheers
yearstearsfearspeersarrearspiersshearsAlgierssheersdeersangel's tearsbaby's tearsmusic to someone's ears
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Cite this entry
APA
cheers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheers
MLA
“cheers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheers. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheers,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheers.
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