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formulate

verb

• explicate
• develop
• invent
• contrive
• devise
• excogitate
• forge
• give voice
• word
• phrase
• articulate
• conjecture
• create by mental act
• create from raw material
• create from raw stuff
• create mentally
• evince
• express
• hypothecate
• hypothesise
• hypothesize
• show
• speculate
• suppose
• theorise
• theorize

sounds kind of like

• firm omelet
• formaldehyde
• formality
• formulated

rhymes with

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acclimate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• adjudicate
• administrate
• adulate
• agglutinate
• aggravate
• agitate
• aguacate
• airfreight
• alienate
• allocate
• amalgamate
• amputate
• angulate
• annihilate
• annotate
• anticipate
• antiquate
• arbitrate
• arrogate
• articulate
• assassinate
• assimilate
• authenticate
• automate
• backdate
• bifurcate
• birthrate
• boilerplate
• breastplate
• calculate
• calibrate
• captivate
• carafate
• carbohydrate
• carbonate
• castigate
• castrate
• celebrate
• cheapskate
• checkmate
• chlorinate
• circulate
• classmate
• coagulate
• cogitate
• communicate
• compensate
• complicate
• concatenate
• concentrate
• condensate
• confiscate
• congratulate
• congregate
• consecrate
• consolidate
• constipate
• contaminate
• contemplate
• copulate
• correlate
• corrugate
• counterweight
• crenelate
• cross-pollinate
• culminate
• cultivate
• deactivate
• debilitate
• decaffeinate
• decapitate
• decimate
• decontaminate
• dedicate
• delegate
• demonstrate
• denigrate
• denominate
• depopulate
• deprecate
• desegregate
• designate
• determinate
• detonate
• devastate
• dichromate
• dilapidate
• discriminate
• disintegrate
• disseminate
• dissipate
• distillate
• domesticate
• dominate
• donate
• educate
• ejaculate
• electroplate
• elevate
• eliminate
• elucidate
• emanate
• emancipate
• emigrate
• emulate
• encapsulate
• equivocate
• eradicate
• escalate
• exacerbate
• excavate
• excommunicate
• exterminate
• extirpate
• extrapolate
• extricate
• fabricate
• facilitate
• fascinate
• featherweight
• fixate
• flagellate
• floodgate
• fluctuate
• frustrate
• fulminate
• fumigate
• germinate
• gestate
• glutamate
• gravitate
• gyrate
• heavyweight
• hesitate
• hibernate
• hundredweight
• hydrate
• hydrogenate
• hyphenate
• illustrate
• imitate
• immigrate
• impersonate
• implicate
• inactivate
• incapacitate
• incriminate
• incubate
• inculcate
• indicate
• infiltrate
• inmate
• innovate
• inoculate
• inseminate
• instigate
• insubordinate
• insulate
• integrate
• interpolate
• interrogate
• intimidate
• intoxicate
• inundate
• invalidate
• investigate
• irrigate
• irritate
• isocyanate
• isolate
• lanceolate
• latinate
• legislate
• levitate
• liquidate
• litigate
• locate
• lubricate
• magistrate
• mandate
• manipulate
• marinate
• masturbate
• medicate
• meditate
• methotrexate
• middleweight
• migrate
• militate
• miscalculate
• mitigate
• motivate
• mutate
• mutilate
• nameplate
• narrate
• navigate
• necessitate
• nitrate
• obfuscate
• obligate
• orchestrate
• originate
• oscillate
• overestimate
• overstate
• oxygenate
• paperweight
• participate
• penetrate
• percolate
• perpetrate
• perpetuate
• playmate
• pollinate
• pontificate
• populate
• postulate
• potentate
• precipitate
• predicate
• predominate
• prefabricate
• premeditate
• primate
• probate
• procrastinate
• profligate
• prognosticate
• propagate
• prostate
• reactivate
• rebate
• recalculate
• recapitulate
• reciprocate
• rededicate
• reformulate
• regulate
• rehabilitate
• reincarnate
• reintegrate
• rejuvenate
• relegate
• renovate
• replicate
• resonate
• resuscitate
• roommate
• rotate
• ruminate
• salivate
• schoolmate
• segregate
• serrate
• shipmate
• sophisticate
• speculate
• stagnate
• stalemate
• stimulate
• stipulate
• strangulate
• subjugate
• subordinate
• substrate
• suffocate
• sulfate
• sulphate
• syncopate
• tabulate
• tailgate
• teammate
• terminate
• tesselate
• titillate
• truncate
• underestimate
• understate
• underweight
• undulate
• urinate
• vacillate
• vegetate
• ventilate
• vertebrate
• watergate
• welterweight