Words that rhyme with gamut
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animate
adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: inanimate] 2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" [ant: inanimate, non-living, nonliving] 3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate, insentient] v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt] 2: give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn: animize, animise, animate] 3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate] [ant: blunt, deaden] 4: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify] -
antepenultimate
adj 1: third from last n 1: the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end [syn: antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate] -
approximate
adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: approximate, approximative, rough] 2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: approximate, near] 3: located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn: approximate, close together(p)] v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn: approximate, come close] 2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge] -
at
n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos -
climate
n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime] 2: the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" [syn: climate, mood] -
consummate
adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)] 2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate] 3: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] v 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage" 2: make perfect; bring to perfection -
estimate
n 1: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea] 2: a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" [syn: estimate, estimation] 3: a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) [syn: appraisal, estimate, estimation] 4: a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop" 5: the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability" [syn: estimate, estimation] v 1: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge] 2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] -
grommet
n 1: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet] -
guesstimate
n 1: an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing [syn: guesstimate, guestimate] v 1: estimate based on a calculation -
helmet
n 1: armor plate that protects the head 2: a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows -
illegitimate
adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful] 2: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful [ant: legitimate] n 1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson] -
inanimate
adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate" [ant: animate] 2: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects" [syn: inanimate, nonliving, non- living] [ant: animate] 3: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless, inanimate, pulseless] -
intimate
adj 1: marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington 2: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: cozy, intimate, informal] 3: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar, intimate] 4: involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts" [syn: intimate, sexual] 5: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate] 6: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [syn: intimate, knowledgeable, versed] n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate] v 1: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate] 2: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate] -
kismet
n 1: (Islam) the will of Allah [syn: kismet, kismat] -
legitimate
adj 1: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant: illegitimate] 2: based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year" [syn: legitimate, logical] 3: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices" 4: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government" [syn: lawful, legitimate, licit] v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise] [ant: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw] 2: show or affirm to be just and legitimate 3: make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child" -
marmot
n 1: stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter -
overestimate
n 1: an appraisal that is too high [syn: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal] 2: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high [syn: overestimate, overestimation, overrating, overreckoning] v 1: make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" [syn: overestimate, overrate] [ant: underestimate, underrate] 2: assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" [syn: overvalue, overestimate] [ant: underestimate, undervalue] -
pelmet
n 1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet] -
penultimate
adj 1: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column" [syn: penultimate, next-to-last] n 1: the next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult, penultima, penultimate] -
primate
n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate] 2: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet -
proximate
adj 1: closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals" [ant: ultimate] 2: very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses" -
ultimate
adj 1: furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" [ant: proximate] 2: being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable" n 1: the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury" -
underestimate
n 1: an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value [syn: underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning] v 1: assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" [syn: undervalue, underestimate] [ant: overestimate, overvalue] 2: make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed" [syn: lowball, underestimate] 3: make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river" [syn: underestimate, underrate] [ant: overestimate, overrate] -
emmet
n 1: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire] -
hammett
n 1: United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) [syn: Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett] -
hamate
n 1: the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn: hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum] -
mamet
n 1: United States playwright (born in 1947) [syn: Mamet, David Mamet] -
imamate
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microclimate
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squamate
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bamut
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mcdermott
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dermot
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