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2006-12-07 07:06:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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The only PERFECT rhyme for this word is "articulate" [and derived forms - inarticulate, disarticulate, misarticulate, rearticulate)

Note that a perfect rhyme must match ALL sounds, beginning with the vowel of the accented syllable to the end of the word. (In other words, ANY perfect rhyme for your word would have to end with the sound of /-articulate/, however it happened to be spelled.)

But if you really need a rhyme and that one choice won't work, what you can usually do is find a good "NEAR rhyme". Usually, the best sort of these is ones that match all the VOWEL sounds from the accented syllable on (called "complete assonance") and, at the same time, the FINAL consonant sound, whether that is a single consonant or a cluster (called "final consonance").

Note that this means that many of the words that only match the "ate" ending will NOT work.

Two other things about near rhymes:
1) the CLOSER the other consonants are in sound to the other consonants in the rhyming part of the word (the /k/ and /l/ sounds in this case), the better the near rhyme will work
2) the next closest thing involves a SLIGHT change in vowel sounds, but here you really want very similar vowel sounds, especially for any LONG or ACCENTED vowels.

By the way, your success at this may depend on how exactly you wish to pronounce "particulate" -- sound pronounce it with a final short i --an /it/ sound (as I do)-- others with a long a, /ate/. Note that "articulate" is usually pronounced the first way when it is used as an adjective ("he was very articulate = /-lit/"), the second way when it is used as a verb ("I find it hard to articulate /-late/ my feelings"). So you have to keep that in mind in setting up fthe rhyme.

So for good "near rhymes:

The best choices might be those with "-ulate" endings (capitulate, manipulate, etc., see below). But the unaccented short vowel sound of the u in this word is actually the same as that made by other short vowels in this situation (sometimes called a "schewa" or "schwa" sound, written phonetically as an upside-down backwards e).

(Note that some of these are in BOTH lists, often because they have a verb form pronounced with /-ate/ and a noun or adjective form pronounced with /-it/. I tried to catch all of these.)

* ending with /it/ sound
cerificate, intricate, pontificate, silicate, sophisticate, syndicate
intimate, legitimate
indiscriminate
considerate, literate
affiliate, initiate

* ending with /ate/ sound
equivocate, indicate, pontificate, reciprocate, syndicate, vindicate
intimidate, instigate, litigate, mitigate
assimilate, capitulate, dissimilate, dissimulate, gesticulate, manipulate, matriculate, simulate, stimulate, stipulate
intimate, legitimate
discriminate, eliminate, incriminate, originate, recriminate
anticipate, dissipate, fascilitate, habituate, participate
administrate, alliterate, commiserate, exhilarate, illustrate, immigrate, invigorate, itinerate
participate, debilitate, facilitate, imitate, militate, rehabilitate
affiliate, initiate, propitiate, insinuate, situate

(This does not include a number of words BASED on these-- words with prefixes like 'over' 're' 'dis' and 'in"/"il".)

One other possibility -- if you are pronouncing it with the /it/ ending, consider the following words in which the added /n/ makes very little difference:

coincident, diffident, dissident, ignorant, imminent, indigent, indolent, innocent, insolent, irritant, itinerant, militant, participant, stimulant

2006-12-07 10:16:42 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0 0

A rhyme scheme is the progression of rhyme utilized in a poem. as an example, this poem: only look on the human beings walk they may even communicate! and that i'd too, If I were you, yet you nonetheless gawk has an AABBA rhyme scheme. because i began rhyming with walk, it extremely is the A rhyme. The B rhyme is only too/you, because neither rhyme with walk/communicate/gawk. (Sorry for the terrible limerick, by how. It became off the suitable of my head.) the first stanza of "The Raven" is: once upon a hour of darkness dreary, at the same time as I contemplated weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious quantity of forgotten lore, at the same time as I nodded, very nearly slumbering, all of unexpected there got here a tapping, As of a few one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. `'Tis some shopper,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - in common words this, and by no skill some thing extra.' also, there is a few inner rhyme occurring the following. Dreary/weary, slumbering/tapping/rapping/rapping, door/extra. it really is quite a state-of-the-paintings rhyme scheme. in case you also count number the syllables in line with line, the rhythm of your stanza/poem will be greater, and in case you study the stanza aloud to your self, you may be sure out which syllables are lower than pressure, that still may actually help. i wish this helped, and good luck!

2016-11-24 21:34:08 · answer #2 · answered by kulpa 4 · 0 0

Articulate
Inarticulate

2006-12-07 10:36:20 · answer #3 · answered by Johnathan 2 · 0 0

Speculate

2006-12-07 07:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by jake_deyo 4 · 0 1

I don't think I am articulate enough to answer that.
My coffee pot will not percolate.

2006-12-07 07:15:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

hate, late, fate, inarticulate, sophisticate, antisipate, hope these help!

2006-12-07 07:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by Flower 1 · 0 1

reciprocate

2006-12-07 07:18:08 · answer #7 · answered by mlizzye 1 · 0 0

articulate

inarticulate

2006-12-09 08:07:25 · answer #8 · answered by Jeska 2 · 0 0

articulate

2006-12-07 07:10:46 · answer #9 · answered by kelly r 4 · 2 0

percolate

2006-12-07 07:15:22 · answer #10 · answered by Lachelle 3 · 0 1

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