palpitate

The word “palpitate” has 3 syllables: pal-pi-tate

It's pronounced as /ˈpæl.pɪ.teɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for palpitate?

In the thesaurus, “palpitate” has 15 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for palpitate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for palpitate

  • beat
  • fluctuate
  • flutter
  • oscillate
  • pit-a-pat
  • pitpat
  • pitter-patter
  • pound
  • pulsate
  • pulse
  • quiver
  • shiver
  • throb
  • tremble
  • vibrate

Antonyms for palpitate

  • be still
  • steady

Meanings of palpitate

  • verb
    1. To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
    2. To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
    3. To shake tremulously.

Example Sentences

  • The suspenseful movie made her heart palpitate with anxiety.
  • After running up the stairs, he could feel his heart start to palpitate.
  • Thinking about the upcoming exam caused his heart to palpitate rapidly.
  • She felt her heart palpitate at the sight of the surprise gift.
  • The excitement of the roller coaster made everyone's hearts palpitate with thrill.

On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to palpitate, such as: be still, beat, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, pit-a-pat, pitpat.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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fan

  • abet
  • activate
  • add fuel
  • addict
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  • air conditioner
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  • friend
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  • head
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  • motivate
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  • nut
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  • palm leaf
  • palpitate
  • partisan
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  • pique
  • pound
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  • votary
  • wave
  • well-wisher
  • whip
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  • wind
  • winnow
  • work up
  • zealot

fans

  • abets
  • activates
  • addicts
  • adherents
  • admirers
  • advocates
  • afficionados
  • aficionados
  • aggravates
  • amateurs
  • angers
  • animates
  • annoys
  • apostles
  • arouses
  • assemblage
  • assembly
  • audience
  • authorities
  • backers
  • bangs
  • batters
  • beats
  • boosters
  • bothers
  • buffets
  • buffs
  • bugs
  • champions
  • circle
  • clientage
  • clientele
  • collectors
  • congregation
  • connoisseurs
  • converts
  • cortege
  • coterie
  • crowd
  • cultists
  • dependents
  • devotees
  • dilettantes
  • dilettanti
  • disciples
  • drives
  • encourages
  • energizes
  • enflames
  • enrages
  • enthusiasts
  • entourage
  • evangelists
  • exasperates
  • excites
  • experts
  • exponents
  • faddists
  • fanatics
  • fanciers
  • ferments
  • fiends
  • flails
  • flaps
  • flickers
  • flicks
  • flits
  • flops
  • flutters
  • followers
  • following
  • foments
  • fools
  • freaks
  • friends
  • gallery
  • galls
  • galvanizes
  • gathering
  • gets
  • group
  • groupies
  • habitues
  • hangers-on
  • heads
  • hearers
  • hounds
  • house
  • ignites
  • impassions
  • incites
  • induces
  • inflames
  • inspires
  • instigates
  • irritates
  • jeers
  • junkies
  • kindles
  • knocks
  • listeners
  • lovers
  • maddens
  • maniacs
  • market
  • mavens
  • mavins
  • motivates
  • motives
  • moves
  • moviegoers
  • nuts
  • onlookers
  • oscillates
  • palpitates
  • partisans
  • partizans
  • patronage
  • patrons
  • piques
  • playgoers
  • pounds
  • promoters
  • proponents
  • provokes
  • public
  • pulses
  • pumps up
  • quickens
  • raises
  • retinue
  • rooters
  • rout
  • sets off
  • showgoers
  • smacks
  • spanks
  • sparks
  • spectators
  • stimulates
  • stirs
  • suckers
  • suite
  • support
  • supporters
  • sways
  • swings
  • taunts
  • teases
  • theatergoers
  • throbs
  • thumps
  • train
  • triggers
  • turnout
  • undulates
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • viewers
  • vitalizes
  • votaries
  • waves
  • well-wishers
  • whips
  • witnesses
  • zealots

jerk

  • Neanderthal
  • agitate
  • airhead
  • barbarian
  • bastard
  • beast
  • beat
  • birdbrain
  • bleeder
  • blighter
  • blockhead
  • booby
  • boor
  • bounce
  • bounder
  • brat
  • brute
  • buck
  • bucket
  • bugger
  • bump
  • buzzard
  • cad
  • caveman
  • chatter
  • chuff
  • churl
  • clown
  • convulse
  • creep
  • cretin
  • crud
  • crumb
  • cur
  • dance
  • dink
  • dirtbag
  • dodder
  • dog
  • dolt
  • doofus
  • dope
  • dork
  • drag
  • draw
  • dunce
  • dweeb
  • fiddle
  • fidget
  • fink
  • flick
  • flicker
  • fling
  • flip
  • flit
  • flop
  • fluctuate
  • flutter
  • fool
  • goon
  • grab
  • half-wit
  • haul
  • heel
  • hitch
  • hoick
  • hook
  • hound
  • hurtle
  • idiot
  • imbecile
  • insolent
  • jackass
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • jog
  • joggle
  • joker
  • jolt
  • jounce
  • judder
  • loudmouth
  • louse
  • lout
  • lowlife
  • lug
  • lurch
  • miscreant
  • moron
  • nerd
  • nincompoop
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  • nit
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  • nuisance
  • numskull
  • nut
  • oaf
  • oscillate
  • pace
  • palpitate
  • pest
  • pill
  • pit-a-pat
  • pitch
  • pitter-patter
  • pluck
  • pull
  • pulsate
  • pulse
  • quake
  • quaver
  • quiver
  • rascal
  • rat
  • rat fink
  • reptile
  • rip
  • rock
  • rogue
  • rotter
  • roughneck
  • savage
  • scab
  • scamp
  • schmo
  • schmoe
  • schmuck
  • scoundrel
  • scum
  • scumbag
  • scuzzball
  • seize
  • shake
  • shiver
  • shrug
  • shudder
  • skunk
  • sleaze
  • sleazebag
  • sleazeball
  • slime
  • slimeball
  • sling
  • slob
  • snag
  • snake
  • snatch
  • snip
  • snob
  • snoot
  • snot
  • so-and-so
  • sod
  • son of a gun
  • squiggle
  • squirm
  • stagger
  • stinkard
  • stinker
  • sway
  • swine
  • swing
  • tear
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thrill
  • throb
  • throw
  • thrust
  • toad
  • toss
  • tow
  • tremble
  • tug
  • turkey
  • tweak
  • twist
  • twit
  • twitch
  • twitter
  • undulate
  • varmint
  • vellicate
  • vermin
  • vibrate
  • villain
  • vulgarian
  • wabble
  • wave
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  • whisk
  • wiggle
  • wobble
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wretch
  • wriggle
  • wring
  • writhe
  • yank

jerked

  • agitated
  • beat
  • blockhead
  • bounce
  • bucked
  • bucketed
  • bump
  • bumped
  • chattered
  • convulsed
  • dance
  • doddered
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • dope
  • dragged
  • dunce
  • fiddled
  • fidgeted
  • flick
  • flickered
  • fling
  • flip
  • flitted
  • flop
  • fluctuated
  • fluttered
  • fool
  • grab
  • grabbed
  • hitched
  • hoicked
  • hook
  • hurtle
  • idiot
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • jigged
  • jiggled
  • jogged
  • joggled
  • jolt
  • jolted
  • jounced
  • juddered
  • lug
  • lugged
  • lurched
  • nitwit
  • numbskull
  • oscillated
  • paced
  • palpitated
  • pit-a-patted
  • pitched
  • pitter-pattered
  • pluck
  • plucked
  • pull
  • pulled
  • pulsated
  • pulsed
  • quake
  • quaked
  • quavered
  • quiver
  • quivered
  • ripped
  • rocked
  • seize
  • shiver
  • shivered
  • shook
  • shrug
  • shuddered
  • simpleton
  • sling
  • snag
  • snatch
  • snatched
  • squiggled
  • squirmed
  • staggered
  • swayed
  • swung
  • thrashed
  • threshed
  • thrilled
  • throbbed
  • throw
  • thrust
  • tore
  • tossed
  • trembled
  • tug
  • tugged
  • tweak
  • tweaked
  • twisted
  • twit
  • twitch
  • twitched
  • twittered
  • undulated
  • vellicate
  • vibrated
  • wabbled
  • waved
  • wavered
  • whisk
  • wiggle
  • wiggled
  • wobbled
  • wrench
  • wrenched
  • wrest
  • wrested
  • wriggle
  • wriggled
  • wring
  • writhed
  • wrung
  • yank
  • yanked

jerks

  • Neanderthals
  • agitates
  • airheads
  • barbarians
  • bastards
  • beasts
  • beats
  • birdbrains
  • bleeders
  • blighters
  • blockheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bounders
  • brats
  • brutes
  • buckets
  • bucks
  • buggers
  • bumps
  • buzzards
  • cads
  • cavemen
  • chatters
  • chuffs
  • churls
  • clowns
  • convulses
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cruds
  • crumbs
  • curs
  • dinks
  • dirtbags
  • dodders
  • dogs
  • dolts
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • drags
  • draws
  • dufuses
  • dweebs
  • fiddles
  • fidgets
  • finks
  • flickers
  • flits
  • fluctuates
  • flutters
  • fools
  • goons
  • grabs
  • half-wits
  • hauls
  • heels
  • hitches
  • hoicks
  • hounds
  • idiots
  • imbeciles
  • insolents
  • jackasses
  • jiggles
  • jigs
  • joggles
  • jogs
  • jokers
  • jolts
  • jounces
  • judders
  • loudmouths
  • louses
  • louts
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • lugs
  • lurches
  • miscreants
  • morons
  • nerds
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • nuisances
  • nuts
  • oscillates
  • paces
  • palpitates
  • pests
  • pills
  • pit-a-pats
  • pitches
  • pitter-patters
  • plucks
  • pulls
  • pulsates
  • pulses
  • quakes
  • quavers
  • quivers
  • rascals
  • rat finks
  • rats
  • reptiles
  • rips
  • rocks
  • rogues
  • rotters
  • roughnecks
  • savages
  • scabs
  • scamps
  • schmoes
  • schmucks
  • scoundrels
  • scumbags
  • scums
  • scuzzballs
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • shudders
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • sleazebags
  • sleazeballs
  • sleazes
  • slimeballs
  • slimes
  • slobs
  • snakes
  • snatches
  • snips
  • snobs
  • snoots
  • snots
  • so-and-sos
  • sods
  • sons of guns
  • squiggles
  • squirms
  • staggers
  • stinkards
  • stinkers
  • sways
  • swine
  • swings
  • tears
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thrills
  • throbs
  • toads
  • tosses
  • tows
  • trembles
  • tugs
  • turkeys
  • tweaks
  • twists
  • twitches
  • twitters
  • undulates
  • varmints
  • vermin
  • vibrates
  • villains
  • vulgarians
  • wabbles
  • wavers
  • waves
  • wiggles
  • wobbles
  • wrenches
  • wrests
  • wretches
  • wriggles
  • wrings
  • writhes
  • yanks

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