Rhymes with intimidate
in·tim·i·date
I i Two-syllable rhymes
- frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- timid — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
Three-syllable rhymes
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- elevate — Raise or lift (something) up to a higher position.
- 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.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- infiltrate — to filter into or through; permeate.
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- litigate — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- mediate — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- militate — to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
- mithridate — a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
- mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- penetrate — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- administrate — to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)
- anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- assimilate — When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
- commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- eliminate — Completely remove or get rid of (something).
- exterminate — Destroy completely.
- felicitate — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- incinerate — to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- insinuate — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- participate — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- precipitate — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- retaliate — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- intimidated — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intimidating — to make timid; fill with fear.