Rhymes with agitate
ag·i·tate
A a Three-syllable rhymes
- abdicate — If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
- abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- acclimate — When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- acetate — Acetate is a shiny artificial material, sometimes used for making clothes or records.
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adulate — to flatter or praise obsequiously
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- aggregate — An aggregate amount or score is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together.
- agonize — If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
- annotate — If you annotate written work or a diagram, you add notes to it, especially in order to explain it.
- antiquate — to make obsolete or old-fashioned
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
- captivate — If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- cogitate — If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
- educate — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- flagellate — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- fulminate — to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- gravitate — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- laminate — to separate or split into thin layers.
- latinate — of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- levitate — to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
- magistrate — a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
- meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- palpitate — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- penetrate — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- sagittate — shaped like an arrowhead.
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- tabulate — to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
- vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- validate — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
- alligator — An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
- amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
- assassinate — When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- concatenate — to link or join together, esp in a chain or series
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- contaminate — If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
- decapitate — If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- inadequate — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- italianate — Italianized; conforming to the Italian type or style or to Italian customs, manners, etc.
- lead acetate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles and as a drier in paints and varnishes.
- miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- precipitate — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- reactivate — to render active again; revive.
- recalculate — to calculate again, especially for the purpose of finding an error or confirming a previous computation.
- regurgitate — to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- cellulose acetate — nonflammable material made by acetylating cellulose: used in the manufacture of film, dopes, lacquers, and artificial fibres
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- polyvinyl acetate — a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.