Inanimate rhymes with:
animate, animate, animate, approximate, consummate, estimate, intimate, legitimate, penultimate, proximate, ultimate
Inanimate sounds like:
iannotti, iantha, ianthe, imitate, imitated, immanent, immediate, imminent, immunity, imnet, imondi, inda, indata, indeed, india, indiaia, indie, indite, indited, indo, indy, inhumanity, initiate, initiated, initio, inmate, inmont, innate, innominate, innuendo, inti, into, intuit, inuit, inundate, inundated, inwood, iwamoto