Words that rhyme with hesitating
Top rhymes for hesitating
waiting, operating, dating and creating
267 common words rhyme with hesitating. The most common are waiting, operating, dating and creating.
Perfect rhymes for hesitating
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
- operating
- celebrating
- fascinating
- indicating
- generating
- devastating
- demonstrating
- graduating
- separating
- advocating
- irritating
- dominating
- educating
- calculating
- circulating
- concentrating
- regulating
- stimulating
- contemplating
- integrating
- alternating
- decorating
- motivating
- estimating
- penetrating
- illustrating
- cultivating
- navigating
- culminating
- escalating
- activating
- isolating
- liberating
- terminating
- imitating
- nominating
- captivating
- mitigating
- aggravating
- speculating
- suffocating
- emanating
- meditating
- radiating
- elevating
- insulating
- recreating
- compensating
- fluctuating
- renovating
- dedicating
- replicating
- simulating
- allocating
- formulating
- validating
- complicating
- propagating
- moderating
- undulating
- designating
- infiltrating
- fabricating
- mediating
- urinating
- emulating
- excavating
- oscillating
- deprecating
- tolerating
- innovating
- nauseating
- instigating
- agitating
- detonating
- orchestrating
- implicating
- automating
- duplicating
- emigrating
- legislating
- lubricating
- resonating
- confiscating
- deviating
- salivating
- dissipating
- delegating
- reinstating
- liquidating
- overstating
- denigrating
- incubating
- stipulating
- levitating
- perpetrating
- segregating
- medicating
- decimating
- relegating
- mutilating
- gravitating
- litigating
- titillating
- saturating
- impregnating
- populating
- percolating
- ventilating
- permeating
- marinating
- laminating
- perforating
- understating
- vacillating
- abdicating
- annotating
- tabulating
- promulgating
- inundating
5 syllables
- participating
- investigating
- eliminating
- negotiating
- communicating
- evaluating
- incorporating
- coordinating
- intimidating
- originating
- accelerating
- humiliating
- manipulating
- facilitating
- collaborating
- cooperating
- anticipating
- initiating
- accommodating
- accumulating
- appreciating
- illuminating
- debilitating
- exaggerating
- consolidating
- officiating
- commemorating
- discriminating
- associating
- exhilarating
- excruciating
- incriminating
- infuriating
- alienating
- congratulating
- perpetuating
- impersonating
- intoxicating
- evacuating
- interrogating
- articulating
- disseminating
- elaborating
- appropriating
- regenerating
- alleviating
- eradicating
- invigorating
- contaminating
- disintegrating
- reciprocating
- necessitating
- procrastinating
- reiterating
- recuperating
- corroborating
- evaporating
- extenuating
- exacerbating
- deliberating
- invalidating
- assassinating
- proliferating
- rejuvenating
- assimilating
- extrapolating
- precipitating
- exterminating
- approximating
- redecorating
- depreciating
- exasperating
- obliterating
- reverberating
- annihilating
- inaugurating
- retaliating
- electroplating
- accentuating
- delineating
- encapsulating
- authenticating
- decelerating
- degenerating
- adjudicating
- pontificating
- exonerating
- ingratiating
- reactivating
- amalgamating
- repudiating
- incinerating
- incarcerating
- predominating
- administrating
- repatriating
- deregulating
6 syllables
- deteriorating
- differentiating
- underestimating
- rehabilitating
- overestimating
- incapacitating
- renegotiating
- reevaluating
- misappropriating
- reinvigorating
Show 49 rare words
- affiliating
- subordinating
- reallocating
- castigating
- truncating
- resuscitating
- asphyxiating
- extricating
- recalculating
- consummating
- domesticating
- obviating
- enunciating
- excoriating
- commiserating
- abbreviating
- backdating
- procreating
- venerating
- emancipating
- plaiting
- abrogating
- fumigating
- coagulating
- obligating
- arbitrating
- syndicating
- concatenating
- immolating
- instantiating
- equivocating
- overrating
- chlorinating
- misstating
- prognosticating
- reincorporating
- elating
- extirpating
- hyphenating
- predicating
- inebriating
- postdating
- decaffeinating
- emaciating
- hydrogenating
- infatuating
- misallocating
- nitrating
- nonoperating
Near rhymes for hesitating
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- making
- taking
- breaking
- trading
- facing
- racing
- placing
- replacing
- chasing
- shaking
- waking
- baking
- fundraising
- escaping
- shaping
- undertaking
- embracing
- upgrading
- fading
- breathtaking
- peyton
- heartbreaking
- tracing
- invading
- grading
- groundbreaking
- aiding
- faking
- spacing
- braking
- casing
- degrading
- pacing
- matchmaking
- scraping
- shading
- aching
- raiding
- straighten
- ultimatum
How hesitating sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛzəˌteɪtɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (HES-i-tat-ing) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da-da-da |
| Rhyme sound | -eɪtɪŋ |
Hesitating has four syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Questions
- What rhymes with hesitating?
- The most common rhymes for hesitating are waiting, operating, dating, creating, rating and relating.
- How many words rhyme with hesitating?
- We found 267 common perfect rhymes and 49 rarer words for hesitating, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in hesitating?
- Hesitating has four syllables, with the stress on the first.