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Words that rhyme with update

Update has 2 syllables. The second syllable is stressed. It has 2 common pronunciations, so each one has its own list of rhymes below.

Top rhymes for update: great, state, wait, late, date, rate, hate, straight.

“update” rhyming with “great”

Perfect rhymes for update

77

1 syllable

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  • gait
  • pate
  • spate
  • bate
  • sate
  • plait

2 syllables

  • create
  • estate
  • debate
  • relate
  • translate
  • lightweight
  • await
  • dictate
  • innate
  • upstate
  • equate
  • ornate
  • inflate
  • negate
  • irate
  • sedate
  • abate
  • deflate
  • predate
  • restate
  • berate
  • dilate
  • collate
  • conflate
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  • oblate
  • prorate
  • ablate
  • postdate
  • elate
  • misstate
  • reflate

3 syllables

  • interstate
  • overweight
  • recreate
  • reinstate
  • conjugate
  • procreate
  • desecrate
  • intrastate
  • underrate
  • actuate
  • overrate
  • overate

4+ syllables

  • interrelate
  • remunerate
  • demodulate
  • recriminate

Near rhymes for update

80

Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.

1 syllable

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  • blade
  • raid
  • shade
  • hates
  • mates
  • wade
  • traits
  • waist
  • baked
  • paste
  • fade
  • maid
  • weights
  • weighed
  • traced
  • faint
  • jade
  • chased
  • aide
  • waits
  • prayed
  • bates
  • raced
  • paced

2 syllables

  • afraid
  • replaced
  • decade
  • complaint
  • updates
  • creates
  • upgrade
  • delayed
  • displayed
  • escaped
  • parade
  • debates
  • brigade
  • estates
  • portrayed
  • persuade
  • relates
  • homemade
  • displaced
  • betrayed
  • embraced
  • arcade
  • unpaid
  • surveyed
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  • translates
  • grenade
  • handmade
  • restraint
  • invade
  • crusade
  • blockade
  • awaits

“update” (2 syllables)

Near rhymes for update

17

Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.

2 syllables

  • updates
  • uptake
  • substrate
  • sulfate
  • frustrate
  • truncate
  • floodgate
  • someday
  • cupcake
  • substrates
  • floodgates
  • frustrates
  • truncates
  • upbraid

3 syllables

  • promulgate
  • exculpate
  • promulgates

Questions

What rhymes with update?
The closest perfect rhymes for update are great, state, wait, late, date, rate, hate, straight, eight and weight. There are 77 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
How many syllables are in update?
Update has 2 syllables. The second syllable is stressed.
What are some near rhymes for update?
Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For update, try made, states, based, played and paid.

Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). Word frequency from wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0), word lists from SCOWL, offensive-word filtering from LDNOOBW (CC BY 4.0).