Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word shipmate.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word shipmate.
3 syllable words

acclimate

abdicate

abrogate

abundant

abandoned

abandons

abundance

abounding

adequate

acetate

actuate

activate

advocate

adulate

affiant

aggravate

aggregate

agitate

allocate

amputate

alternate

ambulate

angulate

animate

apostate

alienate

appellate

aspirate

annotate

antiquate

appendix

appointee

appointed

appointees

appointive

appointment

appointments

arrogate

arbitrate

appendage

automate

avant-garde

bifurcate

calibrate

captivate

candidate

carbonate

castigate

calculate

chippendale

chippendales

cavendish

celebrate

cabinet

chlorinate

cabinets

circulate

cogitate

compensate

complicate

condensate

conjugate

consummate

confiscate

consecrate

concentrate

constipate

contemplate

congregate

copulate

correlate

corrugate

coventry

crenelate

culminate

cultivate

decimate

decorate

dedicate

debentures

dehydrate

defendant

delegate

defiant

defendants

defender

demonstrate

defenders

denigrate

definite

dependence

dissipate

deprecate

desiccate

desolate

detonate

desecrate

designate

dependents

abandon

devastate

deviate

dislocate

distillate

dichromate

deviant

deviants

dominate

dependent

duplicate

guesstimate

educate

elevate

elongate

emanate

estimate

emigrate

emulate

eventful

gravitate

graduate

excavate

expiate

extirpate

fulminate

explicate

extricate

generate

federate

fascinate

fabricate

flagellate

formulate

geminate

fluctuate

fumigate

glaciate

germinate

foliate

exculpate

debenture

heavyweight

liberate

hesitate

innovate

imitate

immolate

implicate

immigrate

impregnate

hypnotic

hypnotics

hypnotize

hypnotist

hypnotists

illustrate

incarnate

indicate

incubate

inculcate

infiltrate

levitate

insulate

integrate

instigate

intimate

irrigate

irritate

inundate

interstate

isolate

legislate

lacerate

laminate

latinate

lavender

litigate

mediate

liquidate

marinate

medicate

lubricate

magistrate

masturbate

meditate

menstruate

militate

mitigate

mithridate

moderate

motivate

mutilate

navigate

nauseate

modulate

nepenthe

newfoundland

nominate

obfuscate

hundredweight

overrate

obligate

operate

orchestrate

oscillate

obviate

offenders

overstate

overweight

paperweight

perforate

permeate

offender

palpitate

penetrate

perpetrate

percolate

perchlorate

pollinate

populate

predicate

potentate

propagate

profligate

promulgate

procreate

separate

punctuate

radiate

reappoint

recreate

refunders

regulate

hibernate

reinstate

relegate

renovate

relocate

repentance

repentant

replicate

reprobate

ruminate

saturate

salivate

segregate

seventeenth

vitiate

seventeen

situate

silicate

simulate

seventy

seventies

stipulate

speculate

stimulate

suffocate

syncopate

subjugate

seventeens

strangulate

surrogate

titillate

venerate

syndicate

tolerate

underrate

terminate

titanate

tabulate

variegate

urinate

understate

vacillate

validate

vaccinate

vegetate

vindicate

undulate

ventilate

vertebrate

violate

welterweight

postulate

4 syllable words

abbreviate

abandonment

abandonments

abundantly

accelerate

accentuate

accommodate

accumulate

affiliate

adjudicate

administrate

agglomerate

adulterate

affinities

affinity

agglutinate

alleviate

amalgamate

ameliorate

annihilate

anticipate

appendixes

appreciate

appropriate

approximate

articulate

asphyxiate

appendages

assassinate

assimilate

associate

attenuate

authenticate

capitulate

carbohydrate

commemorate

commiserate

collaborate

communicate

concatenate

confederate

consolidate

cooperate

contaminate

congratulate

corroborate

coordinate

cross-pollinate

coagulate

deactivate

decelerate

debilitate

decapitate

defamation

definitive

denominate

deliberate

definitely

definitions

definition

degenerate

delineate

dependable

dependencies

determinate

depreciate

depopulate

desegregate

dependency

disseminate

dilapidate

discriminate

dissociate

disintegrate

divination

divinity

domesticate

divinities

effectuate

eliminate

elaborate

emaciate

elucidate

electroplate

emancipate

enumerate

evaporate

enunciate

eradicate

evacuate

evaluate

exhilarate

equivocate

ejaculate

eviscerate

exasperate

exaggerate

exacerbate

eventual

exonerate

excoriate

exterminate

extenuate

expropriate

emasculate

facilitate

felicitate

expatriate

extortionate

exfoliate

hallucinate

humiliate

impersonate

hydrogenate

hypnotism

inactivate

hypnotizes

hyphenated

inadequate

incorporate

inaugurate

incarcerate

incinerate

inebriate

incriminate

infatuate

infuriate

indoctrinate

ingratiate

initiate

inoculate

interpolate

inseminate

irradiate

insinuate

intimidate

interrogate

invalidate

intoxicate

invertebrate

investigate

italianate

manipulate

matriculate

necessitate

miscalculate

negotiate

obliterate

officiate

originate

opinionate

participate

oxygenate

perpetuate

pontificate

precipitate

predominate

premeditate

prevaricate

proliferate

procrastinate

prognosticate

regenerate

reciprocate

recuperate

recriminate

refrigerate

reappointment

regurgitate

reiterate

remunerate

rejuvenate

remediate

reintegrate

repatriate

retaliate

reverberate

repudiate

resuscitate

vociferate

sophisticate

substantiate

seventieth

subordinate

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word shipmate

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  • 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

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