2K+ Words That Rhyme With GOPHER-STATE

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

• argue with one another

• think about carefully; weigh

• discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• have an argument about something

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

• dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

• the quantity contained in a plate

• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

• the thin under portion of the forequarter

• a main course served on a plate

• any flat platelike body structure or part

• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

• a shallow receptacle for collection in church

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

• coat with a layer of metal

• a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

• amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis

• the relative speed of progress or change

• a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure

• assign a rank or rating to

• be worthy of or have a certain rating

• estimate the value of

• make a logical or causal connection

• be relevant to

• give an account of; narrate

• be in a relationship with

• have or establish a relationship to

• sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

• large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

• move along on skates

• a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

• relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

• of major significance or importance

• remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect

• excellent

• uppercase

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

• stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

• wait before acting

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

• an authoritative rule

• a guiding principle

• issue commands or orders for

• say out loud for the purpose of recording

• rule as a dictator

• goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

• the specified day of the month

• a participant in a date

• a meeting arranged in advance

• the present

• the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred

• a particular day specified as the time something happens

• sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

• go on a date with

• stamp with a date

• assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of

• date regularly; have a steady relationship with

• provide with a dateline; mark with a date

• an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

• the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events

• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

• decree or designate beforehand

• a movable barrier in a fence or wall

• a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

• total admission receipts at a sports event

• passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

• supply with a gate

• control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

• restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

• the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

• dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

• to have and express negative sentiments about a person

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

• interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

• become inflated

• being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

• of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

• at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

• later than usual or than expected

• to an advanced time

• at an advanced age or stage

• in the recent past

• after the expected or usual time; delayed

• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

• having died recently

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• the officer below the master on a commercial ship

• a fellow member of a team

• the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

• a person's partner in marriage

• an exact duplicate

• one of a pair

• South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

• informal term for a friend of the same sex

• South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

• engage in sexual intercourse

• bring two objects, ideas, or people together

• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

• make or cause to be or to become

• bring into existence

• pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

• invest with a new title, office, or rank

• create by artistic means

• create or manufacture a man-made product

• a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

• the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

• one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face

• being one more than seven

• having no deviations

• (of hair) having no waves or curls

• characterized by honesty and fairness

• no longer coiled

• free from curves or angles

• a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without deviation

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• in a straight line; in a direct course

• successive (without a break)

• erect in posture

• in keeping with the facts

• neatly arranged; not disorderly

• not homosexual

• accurately fitted; level

• without evasion or compromise

• (of an alcoholic drink) without water

• following a correct or logical method

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

• the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

• sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

• the relative importance granted to something

• an artifact that is heavy

• an oppressive feeling of heavy force

• a system of units used to express the weight of something

• a unit used to measure weight

• (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

• weight down with a load

• present with a bias

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• remove the consecration from a person or an object

• recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

• be fully aware of; realize fully

• hold dear

• gain in value

• increase the value of

• the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

• a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

• a concentrated example of something

• make denser, stronger, or purer

• direct one's attention on something

• make central

• make more concise

• draw together or meet in one common center

• compress or concentrate

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

• a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

• a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

• a statement indicating the likely cost of some job

• the respect with which a person is held

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• judge to be probable

• discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

• determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

• assign a location to

• take up residence and become established

• the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

• the way something is with respect to its main attributes

• the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

• a state of depression or agitation

• the territory occupied by a nation

• express in words

• put before

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)

• have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

• restate (words) from one language into another language

• change from one form or medium into another

• make sense of a language

• bring to a certain spiritual state

• change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation

• be equivalent in effect

• be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way

• subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body

• express, as in simple and less technical language

• determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

• information or data that updates

• the act of bringing someone or something up to date

• modernize or bring up to date

• bring up to date; supply with recent information

• bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data

• behave as expected during of holidays or rites

• have a celebration

• assign great social importance to

• transmit information

• transmit thoughts or feelings

• transfer to another

• join or connect

• be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas

• administer Communion; in church

• receive Communion, in the Catholic church

• say something to someone that expresses praise

• express congratulations

• be proud of

• pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

• work together on a common enterprise or project

• an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value

• assign too low a value to

• make a deliberately low estimate

• make too low an estimate of

• anything that serves as an enticement

• something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• lure, entice, or entrap with bait

• attack with dogs or set dogs upon

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

• United States poet and critic (1899-1979)

• complete victory

• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

• foster the growth of

• prepare for crops

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to

• provide with decoration

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• move away from each other

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

• fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

• leave one's country of residence for a new one

• everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

• make easier

• be of use

• increase the likelihood of (a response)

• produce, create

• give or supply

• produce (energy)

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• furnish with a grate

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface

• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

• scratch repeatedly