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Welcome to this guide on the best words that rhyme with debate!
Here you’ll find the top 100 words and phrases for rhyming the word ‘Debate’.
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Words That Rhyme With Debate
- Abate – To become less intense or widespread; to decrease in amount or intensity.
- Abdicate – To renounce or relinquish a position of power or responsibility.
- Abrogate – To repeal or abolish a law, agreement, or formal agreement.
- Accelerate – To increase the speed or rate of something.
- Accommodate – To provide lodging or make room for someone or something.
- Acetate – A synthetic material used for making photographic film and other products.
- Activate – To make something start working or become active.
- Adjudicate – To make an official judgement or decision on a dispute or conflict.
- Affiliate – To officially associate or connect with an organization or group.
- Aggravate – To make a problem or situation worse.
- Agitate – To stir up public opinion or cause public unrest.
- Alienate – To cause someone to feel isolated or estranged from a group or community.
- Alleviate – To make something less severe or intense.
- Allocate – To distribute resources or assign tasks or responsibilities to specific people.
- Annihilate – To completely destroy or eliminate something.
- Anticipate – To expect or predict something will happen in the future.
- Appreciate – To recognize the value or worth of something.
- Arbitrate – To act as a neutral third party to resolve a dispute or conflict.
- Aspirate – To inhale something, typically air or gas.
- Attenuate – To reduce the force, effect, or value of something.
- Automate – To make a process or system operate automatically, without human intervention.
- Await – To wait for something to happen or for someone to arrive.
- Bait – To attract or entice someone, often for a negative purpose.
- Calibrate – To adjust or check the accuracy of a measuring instrument or piece of equipment.
- Carbonate – To combine with carbon dioxide or become a carbonate.
- Celebrate – To observe or commemorate a special occasion or event.
- Collaborate – To work together with others to achieve a common goal or objective.
- Compensate – To provide something as a form of payment or reimbursement.
- Conjugate – To inflect a verb according to its tense, mood, or voice.
- Contemplate – To think deeply or reflect on something.
- Cooperate – To work together towards a common goal.
- Correlate – To have a mutual relationship or connection.
- Corroborate – To confirm or support with evidence or testimony.
- Counterweight – A weight used to balance or offset another weight.
- Crate – A wooden or plastic container used for storage or transport.
- Create – To bring something into existence or to make something new.
- Cultivate – To promote or encourage the growth or development of something.
- Date – A specific day or time period, or to go on a romantic outing with someone.
- Decorate – To adorn or embellish something with ornaments or designs.
- Dedicate – To commit oneself or something to a particular purpose or cause.
- Delegate – To assign or entrust responsibility or authority to someone else.
- Demonstrate – To show or prove something clearly and convincingly.
- Deprecate – To express disapproval or to diminish the value or worth of something.
- Designate – To assign or indicate a particular person, place, or thing for a specific purpose.
- Deviate – To depart or stray from a prescribed course or path.
- Dictate – To give orders or commands, or to speak or write something down for another to transcribe.
- Dilate – To expand or enlarge, or to become wider or more open.
- Dissipate – To scatter or disperse, or to cause something to disappear or vanish.
- Distillate – A purified or concentrated liquid produced by distillation.
- Dominate – To have power or control over something or someone.
- Educate – To teach or instruct someone or to acquire knowledge oneself.
- Elevate – To raise or lift up, or to promote to a higher rank or status.
- Eliminate – To remove or get rid of something completely.
- Elucidate – To make something clear or explain in detail.
- Emanate – To originate or come from a source, or to emit or release something.
- Emigrate – To leave one’s own country or region to live in another.
- Emulate – To imitate or match the qualities or achievements of someone else.
- Episcopate – The office or tenure of a bishop.
- Equate – To consider or make equal or equivalent.
- Eradicate – To completely destroy or eliminate something.
- Escalate – To increase in intensity, scope, or magnitude.
- Estate – A large area of land with a large house or other buildings, often owned by a wealthy family or organization.
- Evaporate – To turn from a liquid or solid state into a vapor or gas.
- Expiate – To make amends for wrongdoing or guilt.
- Extirpate – To completely remove or destroy something, often a disease or problem.
- Fabricate – To make or construct something, often through the use of imagination or falsehoods.
- Facilitate – To make something easier or more accessible.
- Fascinate – To captivate or intrigue someone’s interest.
- Fate – The predetermined outcome or destiny of a person or thing.
- Fete – A celebration or festival.
- Freight – Goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
- Gait – A person’s manner of walking.
- Generate – To produce or create something, often through a process or system.
- Germinate – To begin to grow, as with a seed or idea.
- Grate – To shred or scrape something into small pieces, often with a rough surface.
- Great – Extremely large, significant, or excellent.
- Hate – Intense dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- Hesitate – To pause or delay before taking action.
- Illustrate – To provide a visual representation or example of something.
- Imitate – To mimic or copy the behavior or appearance of something or someone.
- Incubate – To develop or grow, often in a controlled environment.
- Indicate – To show or point out something.
- Inflate – To fill with air or increase in size or value.
- Initiate – To begin or start something, often a process or action.
- Innate – Naturally existing within a person or thing.
- Innovate – To introduce new methods, ideas, or products.
- Instigate – To provoke or initiate something, often negative.
- Insulate – To protect from outside influences or prevent the escape of heat or electricity.
- Integrate – To combine or unify separate elements into a whole.
- Interstate – Relating to or existing between different states or nations.
- Intrastate – Relating to or existing within the boundaries of a single state or nation.
- Irate – Feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged.
- Irrigate – Supplying water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
- Irritate – To provoke or annoy someone, causing them to become angry or impatient.
- Isolate – To separate something or someone from others, often in order to prevent the spread of a disease or for safety reasons.
- Late – Occurring or coming after the expected or usual time.
- Liberate – To set free from a situation, constraint, or oppression.
- Lightweight – A person or thing that is relatively light in weight, often used in reference to athletes or objects that are easy to carry.
- Magistrate – A civil officer or judge who has the authority to administer the law, often in lower courts.
- Mate – A companion or partner, often in a romantic context.
- Mediate – To intervene between two parties in order to settle a dispute or negotiate a compromise.
- Meditate – To engage in contemplation or reflection, often for spiritual purposes.
- Militate – To work towards a particular goal or outcome, often through forceful or persuasive means.
- Mitigate – To make less severe or intense, often in reference to negative consequences or outcomes.
- Motivate – To inspire or encourage someone to take action towards a particular goal or objective.
- Navigate – To plan and direct a route or course of action, often in reference to travel or business.
- Negate – To nullify or cancel out the effects or validity of something.
- Negotiate – To discuss and arrange the terms of a deal or agreement, often in a diplomatic or business context.
- Neonate – A newborn child or animal.
- Obligate – To bind or compel someone to do something, often through legal or moral obligation.
- Obliterate – To completely destroy or wipe out something, often in reference to physical objects or memories.
- Obviate – To avoid or prevent something, often through careful planning or preparation.
- Officiate – To act as an official or authority in a particular ceremony or event, often in a religious or sports context.
- Operate – To control or manage the functioning of a system or machine, often in a technical or medical context.
- Ordinate – A value on a coordinate axis, often in reference to mathematical or graphical systems.
- Originate – To begin or start something, often in reference to ideas, customs, or practices.
- Ornate – Highly decorated or embellished, often in reference to art, architecture, or clothing.
- Oscillate – To move back and forth between two points or ideas, often in a regular or rhythmic pattern.
- Overstate – To exaggerate or overemphasize the importance or severity of something.Overweight – Having excess body weight beyond what is considered healthy.
- Participate – To take part in an activity or event.
- Pate – A spread made from seasoned meat or liver.
- Penetrate – To enter or pass through something, often with force or difficulty.
- Permeate – To spread or diffuse throughout something.
- Perpetrate – To commit or carry out a harmful or illegal act.
- Perpetuate – To continue or preserve a situation or belief, often one that is undesirable.
- Plait – To weave or braid together strands of material, often hair or fabric.
- Populate – To inhabit or occupy an area or place.
- Postulate – To suggest or assume something as a basis for reasoning or argument.
- Potentate – A person who holds great power or authority, often in a government or monarchy.
- Predicate – In grammar, the part of a sentence that expresses what is said about the subject.
- Propagate – To spread or reproduce something, often an idea or belief.
- Propitiate – To appease or satisfy someone, often a god or powerful person.
- Rate – A measurement of the frequency or amount of something.
- Regulate – To control or maintain something within certain limits or standards.
- Reiterate – To repeat something for emphasis or clarity.
- Relate – To establish a connection or association between two things.
- Relegate – To assign or banish someone or something to a lower or less important position.
- Replicate – To duplicate or copy something, often for the purpose of testing or reproducing results.
- Resonate – To have a strong emotional or intellectual impact on someone.
- Restate – To express something again in different words, often for emphasis or clarity.
- Sate – To satisfy a desire or appetite completely.
- Saturate – To soak or fill something completely with a substance.
- Sedate – To calm or tranquilize someone or something.
- Separate – To divide or set apart something into distinct parts or groups.
- Situate – To place or position something in a particular location or context.
- Skate – To move on ice or wheels by gliding with alternate strokes of each foot.
- Slate – A type of rock often used in construction, or a writing surface made from this rock.
- Spate – A sudden and large amount of something, often used to describe a series of events.State – A defined geographical area with a distinct political and administrative organization and government.
- Stimulate – To encourage or promote activity or growth, often through an external influence.
- Straight – Lacking curves or bends; in a linear or direct position.
- Strait – A narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
- Subjugate – To bring under complete control or domination, often by force.
- Terminate – To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish or complete.
- Tolerate – To allow or endure something without objection or interference.
- Trait – A distinguishing characteristic or quality that is inherent to an individual or group.
- Translate – To express or communicate the meaning of words or text from one language into another.
- Update – To bring up to date or make current, often in reference to information or technology.
- Upstate – The northern region of a state, typically referring to the state of New York.
- Urinate – To release urine from the body.
- Venerate – To show deep respect and admiration for someone or something.
- Vertebrate – An animal possessing a backbone or spinal column.
- Vitiate – To weaken, corrupt, or impair the quality or effectiveness of something.
- Wait – To stay in one place or remain inactive until a particular event or action occurs.
- Weight – The measure of the force of gravity on an object, typically measured in pounds or kilograms.
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