3K+ Words That Rhyme With MATINEE

• the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve

• thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

• the month following April and preceding June

• the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)

• the day immediately before today

• the recent past

• on the day preceding today

• in the recent past; only a short time ago

• used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

• in any way whatsoever

• an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

• the date on which a person was born

• the present time or age

• the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)

• in these times

• on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow

• used of an opponent's ground

• from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

• from one's possession

• out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

• out of existence

• at a distance in space or time

• indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

• so as to be removed or gotten rid of

• freely or at will

• in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

• in a different direction

• in reserve; not for immediate use

• not present; having left

• (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

• United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)

• time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

• a point or period in time

• a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance

• the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

• the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)

• an era of existence or influence

• the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis

• the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day

• a period of opportunity

• a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

• an endorsement

• in a satisfactory or adequate manner

• being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

• give sanction to

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• a theatrical performance of a drama

• a preset plan of action in team sports

• a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

• a state in which action is feasible

• utilization or exercise

• an attempt to get something

• activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

• (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

• the removal of constraints

• a weak and tremulous light

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• movement or space for movement

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

• the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

• participate in games or sport

• act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome

• play on an instrument

• play a role or part

• be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children

• replay (as a melody)

• perform music on (a musical instrument)

• pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

• move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly

• bet or wager (money)

• engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

• pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity

• emit recorded sound

• perform on a certain location

• put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game

• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

• behave in a certain way

• cause to emit recorded audio or video

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• use to one's advantage

• consider not very seriously

• be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space

• perform on a stage or theater

• be performed or presented for public viewing

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream

• make bets

• stake on the outcome of an issue

• shoot or hit in a particular manner

• use or move

• employ in a game or in a specific position

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

• the chance to speak

• express in words

• report or maintain

• express a supposition

• have or contain a certain wording or form

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

• communicate or express nonverbally

• utter aloud

• state as one's opinion or judgement; declare

• recite or repeat a fixed text

• indicate

• continuing or remaining in a place or state

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

• a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

• (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• stay put (in a certain place)

• dwell

• continue in a place, position, or situation

• remain behind

• stop or halt

• stay behind

• hang on during a trial of endurance

• stop a judicial process

• fasten with stays

• overcome or allay

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• An exclamation to get attention.

• A protest or reprimand.

• An expression of surprise.

• An informal greeting, similar to hi.

• A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

• A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

• (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

• The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

• The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

• a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

• leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

• a day on which work is suspended by law or custom

• spend or take a vacation

• line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

• a line of track providing a runway for wheels

• an easy victory

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• completely out of control

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• a chute down which logs can slide

• a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

• a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

• a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

• some unspecified time in the future

• an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

• an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway

• superior Bordeaux type of red wine

• an analytic or interpretive literary composition

• a tentative attempt

• make an effort or attempt

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• a man who is engaged to be married

• someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

• bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• given to social pleasures often including dissipation

• brightly colored and showy

• offering fun and gaiety

• homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

• a narrative poem of popular origin

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

• not of or from a profession

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• put in a horizontal position

• prepare or position for action or operation

• lay eggs

• impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

• used to express negation

• not this merely but also; not only so but

• the characteristic sounds made by a horse

• make a characteristic sound, of a horse

• something that remunerates

• give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

• cancel or discharge a debt

• bring in

• do or give something to somebody in return

• dedicate

• be worth it

• render

• bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action

• make a compensation for

• discharge or settle

• address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

• call upon in supplication; entreat

• the principal dish of a meal

• the right to enter

• something that provides access (to get in or get out)

• an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage

• a noisy riotous fight

• a narrow street with walls on both sides

• a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes

• a person who is rejected (from society or home)

• a shipwrecked person

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)

• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

• a rapid escape (as by criminals)

• a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• performed with little or no delay

• a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

• a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

• the passages through which air enters and leaves the body

• a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

• a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand

• provide with a causeway

• pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles

• a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style