Words Ending in ATE and Containing ER

Browse 409 verified English words ending in ATE and containing ER, including Generate, Operate, Moderate, Desperate, Certificate, Intermediate and Alternate. Validated against official game lexicons for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, and daily writing, explore definitions and letter counts below.

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Starts with A
23 words
alternate
accelerate
adulterate
aerate
agglomerate
alliterate
asseverate
acerbate
aliterate
aberrate
altercate
asperate
acervate
aerobate
annumerate
acerate
acierate
archpresbyterate
aerobranchiate
adoperate
adversifoliate
antiliterate
averruncate
Starts with B
6 words
boilerplate
berate
biserrate
biseriate
biternate
binervate
Starts with C
24 words
certificate
cooperate
confederate
considerate
conglomerate
commiserate
conversate
copperplate
cerate
coelenterate
counterdemonstrate
cerebrate
counterstimulate
coacervate
chelicerate
computerate
counterrotate
certiorate
consternate
counterstate
cybernate
counterindoctrinate
cerotate
clericate
Starts with D
24 words
desperate
deliberate
differentiate
deteriorate
degenerate
deregulate
decelerate
determinate
derogate
derate
deracinate
decerebrate
derivate
disintermediate
denervate
dissertate
depauperate
desiderate
deaerate
dedifferentiate
distemperate
deuterate
dilacerate
disincarcerate
Starts with E
24 words
exaggerate
exacerbate
eradicate
enumerate
exterminate
exonerate
exasperate
eviscerate
enervate
erythorbate
eructate
eradiate
etherate
exuberate
exteriorate
ergate
exulcerate
eventerate
emacerate
exenterate
exsuperate
erogate
erostrate
equiponderate
Starts with F
15 words
federate
fertigate
ferrate
fermentate
fingerplate
fanglomerate
ferricyanate
ferrocyanate
ferriprussiate
ferruginate
ferruminate
fertilitate
ferroprussiate
featherpate
fenerate
Starts with G
8 words
generate
germinate
governorate
generalate
glomerate
glycerophosphate
glomerulate
glycerinate
Starts with H
7 words
hibernate
hyperventilate
herniate
hyperstimulate
hereticate
hierogrammate
hydroferrocyanate
Starts with I
24 words
intermediate
interstate
interrogate
illiterate
inconsiderate
iterate
impersonate
indeterminate
intercollegiate
incinerate
invertebrate
interpolate
incarcerate
immoderate
intemperate
interrelate
inveterate
innervate
innumerate
interoperate
intercalate
intercommunicate
imperforate
interdigitate
Starts with L
4 words
liberate
literate
lacerate
littermate
Starts with M
12 words
moderate
macerate
masterate
multituberculate
megavertebrate
microgenerate
mercurate
multiseriate
magisteriate
multicamerate
morigerate
monoverticillate
Starts with N
7 words
numberplate
numerate
nondegenerate
nonliterate
nondeliberate
nervate
nonundergraduate
Starts with O
24 words
operate
obliterate
overstate
overestimate
overcompensate
overrate
overcomplicate
overstimulate
overinflate
overexaggerate
oversaturate
overcommunicate
overelaborate
overpopulate
overregulate
overmedicate
overspeculate
overevaluate
overdecorate
overhate
overextrapolate
overornate
overdelicate
operculate
Starts with P
24 words
perpetuate
proliferate
permeate
perpetrate
perforate
percolate
perchlorate
perseverate
permanganate
preponderate
personate
preliterate
phosphoglycerate
perambulate
permutate
presbyterate
peregrinate
perturbate
perfusate
perborate
perorate
persulfate
periodate
ponderate
Starts with Q
3 words
quaternate
quadrituberculate
quinquetuberculate
Starts with R
15 words
reiterate
regenerate
recuperate
refrigerate
reverberate
remunerate
rollerskate
rerate
reaccelerate
reoperate
reradiate
reinterrogate
reregulate
reinnervate
reserate
Starts with S
24 words
superstate
serrate
superordinate
superdelegate
silverplate
semiliterate
serrulate
superphosphate
superannuate
superaccurate
superovulate
supersaturate
subliterate
supererogate
seriate
stercorate
stereobate
superstimulate
supernate
subalternate
steersmate
stadtholderate
scelerate
siderate
Starts with T
15 words
tolerate
terminate
temperate
transliterate
terephthalate
thermoregulate
teleoperate
ternate
tergiversate
tuberculate
terebrate
terneplate
triternate
trituberculate
tuberculatoradiate
Starts with U
11 words
underestimate
undergraduate
understate
underrate
ulcerate
underappreciate
unregenerate
uniseriate
underevaluate
undeliberate
unadulterate
Starts with V
14 words
vertebrate
venerate
vituperate
vociferate
valerate
verticillate
vulnerate
vizierate
vermiculate
verberate
viscerate
verbigerate
verminate
verticillastrate
Starts with W
1 words
watergate
Starts with X
1 words
xeronate

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