Rhymes with celibate
cel·i·bate
C c Two-syllable rhymes
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- selling — of or relating to a sale or sales: the selling price of oranges.
- telling — having force or effect; effective; striking: a telling blow.
Three-syllable rhymes
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- celebrate — If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
- definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- fetishist — belief in or use of fetishes.
- halibut — either of two large flatfishes, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, of the North Atlantic, or H. stenolepis, of the North Pacific, used for food.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- medicine — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.
- negligent — guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- resident — a person who resides in a place.
- reticent — disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- settlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- veteran — a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force; a veteran of many sports competitions.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- benevolent — If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- effeminate — (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- indelicate — offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
- intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- intelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
- irrelevant — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.