Rhymes with obligate
ob·li·gate
O o Three-syllable rhymes
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- complicate — To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- concentrate — If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- condensate — a substance formed by condensation, such as a liquid from a vapour
- confiscate — If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
- conjugate — When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order.
- consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- constipate — to cause constipation in
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- nominate — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- propagate — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- tolerate — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- approximate — An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- denominate — to give a specific name to; designate
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- intoxicate — to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- originate — to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.