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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word anticipate.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
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2 syllable words

abate

amides

anodes

antes

antic

antics

antique

antiques

antis

backdate

bandage

await

belate

behinds

berate

beret

birthrate

conducts

breastplate

candies

castrate

checkmate

chintzy

classmate

chlorate

collate

comets

commits

commutes

conduct

condos

conflate

contact

connotes

contacts

contest

contests

context

contexts

counties

create

cremate

bounties

debate

deflate

bondage

dentists

dilate

dictate

donate

donates

denotes

dentist

elate

endows

entice

enthuse

estate

equate

fiendish

emits

first-rate

fondues

giants

frustrate

gradate

handcraft

handcuffs

handcuff

gyrate

handcrafts

handsets

handsome

handset

handstands

handsaws

handstand

handsaw

huntsman

hindsight

hydrate

index

hindus

gonads

indict

induced

induce

placate

induct

inflate

inmates

inmate

innate

intake

intact

irate

jaundiced

khanate

jaundice

keynotes

lactate

landscape

landscapes

landgrave

landsman

lightweight

limits

mandate

locate

migrate

minutes

mintage

misstate

montes

mounties

mondays

narrate

nomads

nineties

nitrate

oblate

ovate

omits

pandas

ornate

peanuts

penthouse

magnate

mammoths

phosphate

playmate

postdate

poundage

predate

prelate

primate

prostrate

probate

prorate

prostate

rebate

relate

shanties

restate

rotate

roundhouse

roommates

sandwich

roommate

sandstone

schoolmate

sedate

shipmate

snatches

sontag

snatcher

snatchers

stagnate

sonnets

stalemate

sundews

substrate

sulphate

sundays

summits

template

tenets

syntax

translate

truncate

twenties

undock

vantage

update

vandyke

unhitch

vacate

unites

units

vibrate

vintage

wantage

windows

windsor

windsors

windstorm

3 syllable words

activate

abrogate

acetate

acclimate

actuate

adequate

adulate

agitate

advocate

aggravate

aggregate

alienate

allocate

alternate

ambulate

animate

amputate

annotate

angulate

amethyst

antacids

antacid

anticline

antiquate

appellate

apostate

arbitrate

arrogate

abdicate

automate

bandicoot

aspirate

bandicoots

bandages

bandwagon

benedict

bayonets

benedick

behemoths

bifurcate

boondoggles

boondoggle

captivate

calculate

candidate

calibrate

carbonate

castigate

centigrade

celebrate

chlorinate

circulate

concentrate

condensate

compensate

complicate

condescend

comedies

committees

comatose

cogitate

conduction

conductive

conducive

conductor

conductors

confiscate

constipate

conjugate

consecrate

congregate

contacting

consummate

contagion

contemplate

contestant

contestants

contusions

contusion

copulate

crenelate

countesses

correlate

corrugate

culminate

cultivate

decimate

dedicate

decorate

dehydrate

delegate

demonstrate

denigrate

dentistry

desiccate

desolate

deprecate

desecrate

designate

distillate

detonate

dislocate

devastate

dichromate

deviate

educate

dominate

donatists

duplicate

elevate

emanate

elongate

estimate

emigrate

generate

endosperm

excavate

emulate

endoscope

enmities

enticement

emetic

enticements

enticing

exculpate

extricate

fabricate

explicate

extirpate

expiate

fanatic

fantasies

fascinate

fantasy

federate

fantastic

fanatics

flagellate

fluctuate

foliate

formulate

handsomely

geminate

germinate

fulminate

fumigate

genetics

genetic

glaciate

heavyweight

graduate

gravitate

indexes

handicapped

handicap

hamitic

handicaps

handicraft

handkerchiefs

hesitate

handicrafts

handkerchief

hibernate

hindquarter

guesstimate

hundredweight

illustrate

imitate

immigrate

immolate

impregnate

implicate

incubate

indecent

incarnate

inculcate

indicate

indexer

indexers

hindquarters

hindustan

indicates

indices

phonetics

indigest

indigents

indigo

indiscreet

indistinct

indictments

industries

innovate

inductor

induction

inductance

inductive

induces

industry

infiltrate

instigate

insulate

integrate

integrates

integrals

integers

integral

integer

intaglio

interstate

intimate

inundate

intestines

intestine

irrigate

isolate

irritate

kentucky

lacerate

kinetics

laminate

latinate

kinetic

legislate

landscaping

levitate

liberate

liquidate

marinate

masturbate

magistrate

litigate

lubricate

manatees

lunatics

lunatic

navigate

meditate

medicate

menstruate

militate

mithridate

mitigate

modulate

motivate

mutilate

monetize

moderate

nauseate

nominate

pentagons

obligate

mediate

nomadic

nondescript

obfuscate

nontoxic

obviate

operate

orchestrate

oscillate

palpitate

overstate

overrate

overweight

paperweight

penetrate

pentagon

pentecost

percolate

perchlorate

phantasm

perforate

permeate

perpetrate

pollinate

indigent

indictment

indignant

phonetic

populate

postulate

potentate

quintessence

predicate

profligate

propagate

procreate

promulgate

punctuate

relegate

radiate

recreate

regulate

reinstate

remedies

separate

relocate

renovate

reprobate

rheumatic

salivate

replicate

ruminate

reunites

saturate

sandwiches

scientist

segregate

scientists

schematics

schematic

semitic

strangulate

silicate

vaccinate

ventilate

tabulate

simulate

stimulate

stipulate

speculate

somatic

inducements

sonatas

suffocate

syncopate

syndicate

subjugate

surrogate

titillate

vantages

syndicates

tentacles

titanate

tentacle

synthesize

syntheses

terminate

thematic

vacillate

tomatoes

undulate

tomatos

tolerate

unattached

validate

understate

underrate

vegetate

vindicate

variegate

urinate

vanities

venerate

vertebrate

vindicates

wantages

situate

vintages

vindictive

violate

welterweight

vitiate

inducement

4 syllable words

accelerate

accentuate

accommodate

accumulate

adjudicate

administrate

affiliate

agglutinate

adulterate

alleviate

agglomerate

amalgamate

ameliorate

annihilate

amniotic

annuities

antecedents

antagonize

antecedent

antechamber

antagonist

antagonists

articulate

antiquated

anticyclone

anticyclones

antiquities

antiquity

antiseptic

antisocial

appreciate

approximate

appropriate

assimilate

asphyxiate

authenticate

assassinate

attenuate

benediction

associate

benedictine

benedictines

denominate

abbreviate

capitulate

carbohydrate

commiserate

coagulate

concatenate

communicate

collaborate

commemorate

condescending

condescension

confederate

consolidate

congratulate

contaminate

contestable

coordinate

cooperate

corroborate

cross-pollinate

deactivate

debilitate

dandyism

decelerate

decapitate

degenerate

deliberate

delineate

desegregate

depopulate

depreciate

determinate

dilapidate

disseminate

discriminate

disintegrate

domesticate

dissociate

indicated

effectuate

eliminate

electroplate

elucidate

emaciate

emancipate

ejaculate

emasculate

endoscopy

enthusiast

enthusiasts

endoscopic

equivocate

eviscerate

enumerate

enunciate

eradicate

evacuate

exacerbate

evaluate

exhilarate

evaporate

exasperate

excoriate

exfoliate

exaggerate

extortionate

exterminate

expropriate

expatriate

extenuate

facilitate

felicitate

fanatical

elaborate

fantastically

exonerate

geneticist

genetically

geneticists

hallucinate

handicappers

handicapper

hydrogenate

hinduism

humiliate

inactivate

incarcerate

incinerate

incriminate

incorporate

impersonate

indecency

inaugurate

inadequate

indecisive

indecision

indexation

phonetically

indication

indications

indicators

indicative

indicator

indignation

indigestion

indignities

indignantly

indignity

indoctrinate

indiscretions

indiscretion

industrial

inseminate

industrials

initiate

inoculate

inebriate

ingratiate

infatuate

infuriate

insinuate

integrations

integrator

integrated

integration

integrating

integrity

integrators

interpolate

integument

interrogate

intimidate

intoxicate

investigate

intestinal

intoxicates

invalidate

invertebrate

irradiate

italianate

manipulate

matriculate

necessitate

miscalculate

mendacity

officiate

negotiate

nontaxable

nontechnical

obliterate

ontogeny

originate

oxygenate

perpetuate

opinionate

pentecostal

prognosticate

precipitate

procrastinate

predominate

premeditate

prevaricate

proliferate

quintessential

regenerate

refrigerate

reciprocate

recriminate

reintegrate

regurgitate

recuperate

rejuvenate

reiterate

remediate

remunerate

resuscitate

retaliate

reverberate

repudiate

rheumatism

repatriate

semitism

semiotics

semiotic

sophisticate

subordinate

substantiate

syndication

syndications

vociferate

vindicator

vindication

smithsonian

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word anticipate

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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