Animate rhymes with:
inanimate, inanimate, approximate, consummate, estimate, inanimate, intimate, legitimate, penultimate, proximate, ultimate
Animate sounds like:
aamodt, aeneid, ahmad, ahmadi, ahmed, ahmoudi, ahumada, aimed, aimetti, ain't, amadea, amadeo, amado, amadou, amanda, amante, amati, amato, amedee, amend, amended, amenity, ament, amenta, amid, amidi, aminta, amiot, amit, amitai, amity, ammonite, amount, amounted, anand, anantha, and, andie, ando, andy, anette, animated, aninat, anita, annaud, annett, annette, annotate, annotated, annoyed, annuit, annuity, anode, anoint, anointed, anonymity, ant, antaya, ante, anted, anthea, anti, antidote, aument, aunt, auntie, ayende, aymond