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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

mandates

bandwidth

translate

bandits

backdate

bonded

bounded

funded

minded

pandit

pundit

rounded

sanded

conflate

castrate

candied

classmate

founded

hydrate

indite

lactate

magnate

mounted

stagnate

transit

undid

update

beret

await

debate

blanket

birthrate

gradate

khanate

abate

collate

narrate

sedate

granite

transmit

first-rate

inflate

postdate

pundits

prostrate

anklet

roundhead

inmate

lightweight

jointed

migrate

nitrate

oblate

ornate

painted

phosphate

prostate

sainted

stalemate

sulphate

sunlit

unfit

vibrate

checkmate

dented

gambit

haunted

hamlet

sanskrit

truncate

audit

babbitt

barret

basset

belate

berate

bracket

bennet

burnet

chlorate

credit

dilate

donate

elate

genet

gyrate

innate

irate

jacket

mallet

packet

palate

placate

plaudit

playmate

predate

primate

rabbit

racket

racquet

relate

senate

sonnet

tacit

vacate

frustrate

template

horseshit

sainthood

forfeit

breastplate

equate

estate

substrate

admit

cockpit

deflate

dictate

hornet

indeed

market

moonlit

outwit

pointed

restate

outfit

schoolmate

shipmate

starlit

windowed

tlingit

bartlett

misstate

bucket

climate

commit

cremate

debit

emmet

garret

collet

armpit

islet

knotted

linnet

ovate

prelate

probate

roommate

summit

murrelet

profit

prorate

rotate

locate

locket

nugget

permit

rebate

russet

puppet

soffit

unit

budget

acquit

exit

respite

secret

signet

submit

tidbit

piet

create

junket

culprit

desperate

templet

befit

billet

cricket

cubit

emit

obit

omit

picket

refit

remit

spirit

thicket

ticket

visit

willet

digit

fidget

booklet

kismet

misfit

pulpit

bullshit

3 syllable words

conjugate

undulate

adulate

agitate

flagellate

graduate

ambulate

amputate

calculate

confiscate

consecrate

constipate

alienate

calibrate

candidly

captivate

carbonate

circulate

copulate

denigrate

deprecate

emulate

estimate

obligate

penetrate

populate

regulate

replicate

speculate

segregate

antidote

cultivate

insulate

intimate

inundate

underrate

congregate

automate

candida

chlorinate

correlate

corrugate

decimate

delegate

desiccate

desolate

detonate

dominate

elevate

geminate

germinate

gravitate

emanate

hesitate

innovate

isolate

marinate

medicate

nominate

oscillate

percolate

pollinate

propagate

relegate

suffocate

terminate

titanate

concentrate

fluctuate

postulate

subjugate

contemplate

syncopate

surrogate

urinate

violate

arbitrate

compensate

complicate

formulate

integrate

excavate

incubate

actuate

instigate

obfuscate

vegetate

educate

understate

perpetrate

angulate

perchlorate

desecrate

designate

devastate

distillate

duplicate

fulminate

emigrate

liquidate

masturbate

inculcate

magistrate

saturate

profligate

reprobate

celebrate

aggregate

quantities

simulate

stimulate

stipulate

vertebrate

arrogate

aspirate

benefit

dissipate

entity

exculpate

explicate

extricate

fumigate

hematite

imitate

immolate

irrigate

mithridate

mitigate

motivate

mutilate

quantity

silicate

titillate

untidy

venerate

generate

lacerate

incarnate

radiate

moderate

federate

menstruate

undated

perquisite

potentate

glaciate

promulgate

dichromate

imitates

immigrate

conduits

entities

lubricate

tentative

demonstrate

infiltrate

orchestrate

antitrust

conduit

hibernate

odelet

paperweight

tourniquet

obviate

illustrate

cogitate

twentieth

interstate

conditioned

conditions

decorate

mediate

nauseate

perforate

permeate

renditions

separate

violet

reinstate

vendettas

alternate

vitiate

condition

dehydrate

elongate

foundation

modulate

rendition

recreate

heavyweight

variegate

levitate

procreate

readmit

relocate

entitles

ninetieth

foundations

apostate

counterfeit

culminate

deviate

entitle

expiate

foliate

hypocrite

liberate

nematodes

operate

overstate

tolerate

welterweight

legislate

dentition

situate

extirpate

punctuate

albeit

appellate

bifurcate

donated

irritate

limited

litigate

militate

nematode

overrate

overweight

revisit

ruminate

united

collegiate

bluejacket

pentathlon

cohabit

impregnate

decrepit

dislocate

jesuit

implicate

committed

deposit

disparate

recommit

solicit

electorate

elicit

exhibit

guesstimate

favorite

baby-sit

4 syllable words

annihilate

annotator

anticipate

candidacies

emancipate

consolidate

annotators

coagulate

accommodate

dilapidate

coordinate

confederate

eradicate

authenticate

annotating

pontificate

amalgamate

domesticate

inadequate

italianate

manipulate

opinionate

subordinate

originate

accelerate

candidacy

adulterate

assassinate

assimilate

deactivate

decapitate

denominate

facilitate

evacuate

debilitate

elucidate

hallucinate

mandatory

necessitate

premeditate

prevaricate

adjudicate

perpetuate

procrastinate

prognosticate

desegregate

inactivate

asphyxiate

cross-pollinate

depopulate

inseminate

contaminate

inoculate

communicate

concatenate

interrogate

intimidate

invalidate

participate

quantitative

reintegrate

sophisticate

indoctrinate

accentuate

conditioners

hydrogenate

oxygenate

miscalculate

attenuate

commodities

determinate

incinerate

disseminate

enunciate

eliminate

interpolate

predominate

conditioner

regurgitate

accumulate

articulate

rejuvenate

approximate

disintegrate

incriminate

intoxicate

invertebrate

investigate

matriculate

connotation

commodity

enumerate

congratulate

imitator

timidity

substantiate

equivocate

excoriate

impersonate

incarcerate

incorporate

infuriate

inordinate

reciprocate

insinuate

initiate

corroborate

administrate

electroplate

ejaculate

extortionate

imitative

commutation

conditional

affectionate

connotations

evaluate

inebriate

invigorate

resuscitate

discriminate

conditioning

exterminate

ingratiate

infatuate

exaggerate

collaborate

elaborate

exacerbate

evaporate

exasperate

humidity

humiliate

proliferate

irradiate

retaliate

entitlement

regenerate

annotations

degenerate

endothermic

cooperate

reiterate

commensurate

repudiate

entitlements

exonerate

intuitive

extenuate

annotation

carbohydrate

imitation

initiative

sanitation

commemorate

vociferate

associate

immediate

alleviate

commiserate

delineate

affiliate

eviscerate

remediate

negotiate

officiate

abbreviate

ameliorate

felicitate

agglomerate

obliterate

remunerate

appreciate

initiates

agglutinate

immaculate

appropriate

exfoliate

decelerate

deliberate

dissociate

reverberate

recuperate

synthetically

emaciate

emasculate

expatriate

exhilarate

imitators

inaugurate

precipitate

expropriate

depreciate

effectuate

refrigerate

intuition

recriminate

identikit

imitations

limitations

illuminate

repatriate

capitulate

limitation

6 syllable words
12 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word candidate

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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