What rhymes with hesitates?
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Perfect rhymes for hesitates
- radiates
- validates
- hates
- plates
- gates
- fluctuates
- facilitates
- traits
- illustrates
- advocates
- indicates
- culminates
- resonates
- dissipates
- elaborates
- nates
- mandates
- demonstrates
- enumerates
- exacerbates
- permeates
- aggravates
- corroborates
- equates
- proliferates
- perpetuates
- plaits
- substantiates
- vacillates
- vindicates
- rates
- associates
- integrates
- oscillates
- terminates
- crates
- generates
- incorporates
- mitigates
- operates
- abates
- accommodates
- communicates
- dominates
- speculates
- subordinates
- creates
- designates
- illuminates
- participates
- repudiates
- stimulates
- captivates
- commemorates
- contemplates
- cooperates
- escalates
- fixates
- negates
- predominates
- recapitulates
- reverberates
- roommates
- venerates
- domesticates
- teammates
- floodgates
- affiliates
- estimates
- concentrates
- inmates
- originates
- postulates
- approximates
- cultivates
- evaporates
- replicates
- accumulates
- activates
- complicates
- deliberates
- depreciates
- evaluates
- intimidates
- obliterates
- stipulates
- anticipates
- appreciates
- attenuates
- compensates
- deteriorates
- educates
- eliminates
- freights
- investigates
- motivates
- navigates
- abdicates
- aspirates
Near rhymes for hesitates
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- celebrate
- paradise
- elevate
- dedicate
- penetrate
- interrogate
- investigate
- domesticate
- president
- validate
- recognize
- demonstrate
- speculate
- enemies
- melody
- destiny
- paralyzed
- ecstasy
- calculate
- terrified
- chemistry
- elevator
- enemy
- petrified
- kerosene
- yesterday
- salivate
- navigate
- anyway
- remedy
- legacy
- jealousy
- testify
- aggravate
- fabricate
- activate
- adelaide
- satisfied
- recipe
- miscalculate
- therapy
- stimulate
- manipulate
- reciprocate
- cavalcade
- appetite
- family
- parasites
- carousel
- amphetamine
- clarity
- reality
- separate
- medicine
- gravity
- seventy
- american
- telephone
- hurricane
- holiday
- fantasy
- anticipate
- desensitized
- suffocate
- delaware
- magazine
- communicate
- accidentally
- complicate
- eliminate
- recipes
- satisfy
- carefully
- temporarily
- stephanie
- tendency
- parachute
- terrifies
- recognise
- televise
- kennedys
- ventilator
- melodies
- holidays
- evidence
- messages
- satellite
- gasoline
- sacrifice
- recognized
- extradite
- lebanese
- tendencies
- syncopate
- articulate
- questioning
- concentrate
- compensate
- negative
Phrase rhymes for hesitates
Short phrases that rhyme with this word, giving you imagery and direction for the next line.
- bird of paradise
- ended the day
- get the place
- say the president
- left the family
- settle the case
- heads of state
- mention the name
- setting the stage
- ended the game
- imagine the pain
- get the taste
- center of gravity
- happened the day
- said the president
- said the family
- play the melody
- metal plate
- met the enemy
- family medicine
- news magazine
- face the reality
- present the case
- wagon train
- set the pace
- celebrate the holiday
- get the names
- piece of evidence
- says the family
- class president
- practice medicine
- devil ray
- enter the race
- trade magazine
- metal blade
- metal frame
- get the recipe
- make the sacrifice
- said the state
- accept the reality
- see the enemy
- spend the holiday
- said the case
- run for president
- fashion magazine
- help the family
- understand the gravity
- blood evidence
- kill the enemy
- says the state
- sharing the stage
- handle the case
- double the recipe
- ran for president
- change the reality
- sports medicine
- get the family
- said the evidence
- read the magazine
- become the enemy
- given the state
- says the case
- team president
- tell the family
- says the evidence
- fight the enemy
- left the state
- get the case
- kept the family
- see the evidence
- destroy the enemy
- get the state
- sitting president
- sent the case
- protect the family
- find the enemy
- help the state
- company president
- basket case
- present the evidence
- let the state
- give the president
- defeat the enemy
- taken the case
- get the evidence
- led the state
- send the case
- hear the evidence
- see the president
- protect the state
- believe the evidence
- seen the evidence
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