What is another word for catalyst?
932 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈatɐlˌɪst], [ kˈatɐlˌɪst], [ k_ˈa_t_ɐ_l_ˌɪ_s_t]
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Similar words for catalyst:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- causes (noun)
- comer (noun)
- goad (noun)
- impulse (noun)
- incentive (noun)
- motivation (noun)
- motive (noun)
- mover and shaker (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- person (noun)
- pick-me-up (noun)
- reactor (noun)
- rising star (noun)
- spur (noun)
- stimulus (noun)
- up-and-comer (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- dissolvent
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Catalyst:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- acid.
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- agitator,
- instigator.
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- change.
- cause,
- invitation,
- contributor,
- engine,
- occasion,
- root,
- culprit,
- mainspring,
- source,
- base,
- influence,
- agent.
- facilitation,
- urge,
- goading,
- prompting,
- trigger,
- drive,
- provocation,
- compulsion,
- fermentation,
- fomentation,
- propulsion,
- motive,
- enticement,
- magnetism,
- stimulation,
- energy,
- induction,
- force,
- fire.
- wheeler dealer,
- trailblazer,
- trailblazers,
- pathfinders,
- pathfinder,
- mover and shaker,
- enterprising person,
- achievers,
- generators,
- go getter,
- movers,
- affluential,
- man of influence,
- palpable presence,
- mover,
- wheeler and dealer,
- achiever.
- dynamo,
- propellant,
- motivation,
- fermenter,
- incitation,
- eye-opener,
- fungi,
- activation,
- reason why,
- impulsion,
- Funguses,
- stimulus,
- leavening,
- stimulant,
- spur,
- carrot,
- fungus,
- goad,
- Stimulator,
- propellants,
- determinants,
- impulse,
- turn-on,
- comeon,
- incentive,
- impetus,
- fermenters,
- eye-openers,
- Carrots,
- turn-ons,
- determinant,
- activations,
- yeast,
- rising star,
- impulsions.
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• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- enzyme,
- alkali,
- sulfide,
- monoxide,
- chloride,
- silicate,
- sulfate,
- protease,
- polymer,
- chemical,
- agrochemical,
- oxide,
- compound,
- non-metal,
- metalloid,
- reactant,
- salt,
- mixture,
- toxin,
- element,
- petrochemical,
- solute,
- hallucinogen,
- carboniferous,
- isotope,
- hydrate,
- hydrocarbon.
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- leaven.
- deciding,
- pulse,
- therapeutic,
- exhaust fumes,
- terminate,
- carbonous,
- excitative,
- settle,
- fervidness,
- advocate,
- beat back,
- lawsuit,
- bad hat,
- modify,
- factor out,
- mechanics,
- heighten,
- ascendent,
- par,
- flame up,
- gentle wind,
- yoke,
- activate,
- energizer,
- boast,
- send away,
- founding father,
- motivating,
- exhort,
- admixture,
- canal,
- locomotive,
- press,
- tug,
- thrust,
- labor,
- gun trigger,
- torpedo,
- generalisation,
- guide,
- salinity,
- needle,
- instigative,
- fatherhood,
- radioactive decay,
- sulphate,
- remedy,
- tangency,
- elbow room,
- zephyr,
- transmit,
- zymosis,
- gaseous state,
- lowly,
- determining,
- baseborn,
- peptidase,
- etymon,
- temptation,
- image breaker,
- fervency,
- instigant,
- heavy weapon,
- electrostatic bond,
- topic,
- irritation,
- epithelial duct,
- modification,
- bitter,
- agitation,
- antecedent,
- trigger off,
- bring up,
- displace,
- oscillation,
- preordination,
- scout,
- contact action,
- theme,
- god almighty,
- substratum,
- spark,
- removal firm,
- mating,
- provoke,
- arsonist,
- extreme right-winger,
- convert,
- pep up,
- conduct,
- accented,
- military group,
- have,
- chemical group,
- zip,
- resolvent,
- irresistible impulse,
- rootage,
- exhortation,
- ram,
- touch,
- crumble,
- point of departure,
- prompt,
- flatulency,
- enkindle,
- give the axe,
- crusade,
- responsiveness,
- itch,
- sack,
- curative,
- substructure,
- hale,
- acidulous,
- military unit,
- flack,
- whim,
- stand,
- accelerator,
- beget,
- television channel,
- smorgasbord,
- first cause,
- inductive reasoning,
- ventilate,
- pop,
- vim,
- refreshful,
- germ,
- atmosphere,
- melodic phrase,
- unrest,
- shoot a line,
- ripping,
- brag,
- lord,
- publicise,
- equating,
- induce,
- get,
- zymolysis,
- determining factor,
- doe,
- animator,
- prodding,
- fuel,
- regulate,
- free-base,
- mixed bag,
- origin,
- take root,
- exhaust,
- initiator,
- home,
- dose,
- federal agency,
- forerunner,
- window pane,
- bag,
- arouse,
- inspire,
- rending,
- bracing,
- locomotive engine,
- substance,
- barm,
- understructure,
- representation,
- power,
- galvaniser,
- flak,
- novice,
- inductance,
- foot,
- galvanizer,
- common salt,
- shaker,
- middleman,
- beam,
- component,
- carboniferous period,
- tool,
- founder,
- father-god,
- resolution,
- link,
- nervous impulse,
- tonal,
- gunslinger,
- adjoin,
- choke,
- stimulating,
- melodic line,
- base of operations,
- prove,
- propulsive,
- healing,
- meet,
- public mover,
- repel,
- pickup,
- direction,
- aerate,
- firebomb,
- private road,
- jehovah,
- acidic,
- foreordination,
- cornerstone,
- aim,
- chemic,
- pulsation,
- get-up-and-go,
- intensify,
- evoke,
- palpitation,
- impinging,
- keynote,
- harbinger,
- elicitation,
- parkway,
- quivering,
- charm,
- disassociation,
- proposer,
- prick,
- brand,
- vaunt,
- back breaker,
- foreplay,
- hitman,
- gunman,
- proteinase,
- shift,
- alteration,
- trammel,
- abetment,
- ardor,
- decompose,
- conjugation,
- informant,
- driving,
- constituent,
- far-right,
- federal agent,
- saltiness,
- qualifier,
- sulphurous,
- radix,
- alter,
- group,
- function,
- dilapidate,
- divine,
- contact,
- trembling,
- modifier gene,
- seditious,
- subscriber,
- nuclear,
- way of life,
- reservoir,
- gene,
- changer,
- publicize,
- incendiary bomb,
- firebug,
- instrumentate,
- equality,
- deepen,
- padre,
- determiner,
- natural gas,
- al qaeda,
- chemical mechanism,
- push,
- ultraconservative,
- miscellany,
- root word,
- turn,
- tempt,
- case,
- superman,
- transport,
- al qaida,
- elicit,
- breeze,
- toughener,
- nuclear fission,
- intermixture,
- coupling,
- path,
- psychedelic drug,
- turgidity,
- reach,
- beginning,
- bonus,
- answer,
- line,
- pioneer,
- vigor,
- effect,
- immoral,
- determine,
- dissolvent,
- weigh,
- motor,
- light,
- causal factor,
- limit,
- grease gun,
- labour,
- social function,
- neural impulse,
- obsession,
- acidulent,
- channelize,
- melody,
- momentum,
- fuss,
- fundament,
- aura,
- generate,
- coupler,
- antigenic determinant,
- artillery unit,
- trip,
- groove,
- contact lens,
- rout,
- act upon,
- broadcast,
- subject,
- inflammatory,
- suggestion,
- motley,
- free radical,
- barrack,
- vitriolic,
- touch off,
- activating,
- concoction,
- epitope,
- prod,
- can,
- raise,
- physical contact,
- mode,
- arousal,
- blistering,
- storm,
- discharge,
- perpetrator,
- engender,
- force play,
- thing,
- stimulant drug,
- tout,
- reactionist,
- chemical compound,
- burn down,
- generalization,
- force back,
- ancillary,
- spur track,
- propellent,
- impel,
- department of energy,
- ACCEL,
- fungus kingdom,
- kindle,
- energizing,
- suit,
- vary,
- carry,
- commixture,
- effort,
- striking,
- equivalence,
- ground,
- fashion,
- fermenting,
- pressure,
- recommend,
- nerve impulse,
- commute,
- almighty,
- force out,
- carbonaceous,
- excitatory,
- ardour,
- sour,
- magnetics,
- inducing,
- writer,
- gasconade,
- blast,
- give notice,
- delegacy,
- mixing,
- make,
- reference,
- spark off,
- rootle,
- grounds,
- dissolver,
- tune,
- disintegration,
- free energy,
- initiation,
- mix,
- transfer,
- strength,
- driving force,
- reason,
- settle down,
- swash,
- sparking plug,
- communication channel,
- female parent,
- branch line,
- strangulate,
- nucleotide,
- attack,
- tonic water,
- ride,
- violence,
- predestination,
- chemical element,
- burn,
- variety,
- shape,
- coerce,
- strain,
- acrid,
- humble,
- factor in,
- decline,
- table salt,
- movement,
- take,
- initiate,
- air travel,
- office,
- soda pop,
- adjunct,
- virulent,
- bureau,
- caprice,
- ancestor,
- solution,
- dot,
- official document,
- campaign,
- revolutionary,
- magnetic attraction,
- hustler,
- juncture,
- send,
- removal company,
- auxiliary,
- triggerman,
- military force,
- hired gun,
- instrumental role,
- seed,
- decomposition,
- legal document,
- foundation,
- pulsing,
- operator,
- basal,
- tempestuousness,
- male parent,
- vent,
- flaming,
- battery-acid,
- coercion,
- strangle,
- found,
- meanspirited,
- energiser,
- shakiness,
- soda,
- count,
- loony toons,
- cure,
- repulse,
- steady down,
- pane,
- urging,
- herald,
- success,
- flame,
- dissolving agent,
- ordnance,
- room,
- godhead,
- agentive role,
- instrumentation,
- set off,
- cheer,
- hallucinogenic drug,
- convey,
- confine,
- switch,
- actuate,
- fresh,
- winner,
- chemical substance,
- distribution channel,
- government agency,
- dismiss,
- stem,
- hit man,
- union,
- accessory,
- push back,
- evocation,
- ignite,
- aviation,
- affair,
- tyro,
- drift,
- vibe,
- rabble-rousing,
- basis,
- authority,
- tiro,
- moving company,
- bring forth,
- soda water,
- infrastructure,
- fervor,
- salmagundi,
- restorative,
- carbonic,
- sexual union,
- sulfurous,
- forcefulness,
- trouble maker,
- succeeder,
- manner,
- shaper,
- vigour,
- vitaliser,
- channelise,
- railway locomotive,
- input,
- gad,
- sulphide,
- spine,
- acerbic,
- mold,
- ultra,
- church father,
- incitive,
- predecessor,
- groundwork,
- broker,
- mastermind,
- acerb,
- remedial,
- installation,
- right smart,
- gun for hire,
- propelling,
- social occasion,
- determinative,
- combine,
- fervour,
- inter-group communication,
- motivative,
- strategic arms limitation talks,
- zen,
- transmission channel,
- groundbreaker,
- spurring,
- personnel,
- assortment,
- caustic,
- legal instrument,
- bound,
- floor,
- bluster,
- bracer,
- quinine water,
- give the sack,
- ascendant,
- air out,
- bare,
- weapon,
- get hold of,
- forefather,
- turgidness,
- liaison,
- duct,
- rear,
- firing,
- ingredient,
- lure,
- vitalizer,
- pedestal,
- go off,
- stimulate,
- get through,
- impart,
- aggravation,
- don,
- root on,
- interchange,
- motif,
- pawn,
- nuclear reactor,
- energy department,
- vitality,
- pairing,
- mean,
- restrict,
- quiver,
- urge on,
- shooter,
- divisor,
- jumping-off point,
- manufacturer,
- style,
- disintegrate,
- waker,
- arouser,
- cultivated carrot,
- causa,
- squeeze,
- troubler,
- plug,
- kingdom fungi,
- brisk,
- establish,
- electrovalent bond,
- driveway,
- exchange,
- come-on,
- magnetic force,
- potpourri,
- miscellanea,
- blow,
- demagog,
- wedge,
- appurtenant,
- force-out,
- manufacturing business,
- work,
- need,
- refreshing,
- motivator,
- open fire,
- cat's-paw,
- effecter,
- airwave,
- overprotect,
- extremist,
- nurture,
- conceiver,
- musical instrument,
- cistron,
- sanative,
- shaking,
- colonial,
- result,
- issue.
- effector,
- inducement,
- gas pedal,
- instrument,
- atom smasher,
- reactionary,
- Urger,
- Causer,
- artillery,
- provocateur,
- parent,
- fomenter,
- particle accelerator,
- Innovationist,
- Inflamer,
- producer,
- gas,
- spark plug,
- mechanism,
- fission,
- reactor,
- iconoclast,
- agent of change,
- agency,
- means,
- precursor,
- alterative,
- way,
- hydrolysis,
- Seditionary,
- decay,
- gun,
- modifier,
- throttle valve,
- causal agency,
- agent provocateur,
- throttle,
- inspirer,
- sire,
- generator,
- innovator,
- radical,
- author,
- accelerant,
- catalyzer,
- dialysis,
- gasoline,
- channel,
- firebrand,
- transformer,
- dissociation,
- causal agent,
- Alterant,
- rabble-rouser,
- Primum Mobile,
- mischief-maker,
- Thermolysis,
- begetter,
- synergist,
- maker,
- factor,
- Introducer,
- fillip,
- wherewithal,
- fumes,
- splitting,
- wave maker,
- creator,
- petrol,
- instrumentality,
- springboard,
- agitprop,
- air,
- Photolysis,
- father,
- mother,
- troublemaker,
- rouser,
- alterer,
- biocatalyst,
- adjuvant,
- prime mover,
- beginner,
- seditionist,
- matter,
- instigation,
- catalysts,
- incitement,
- demagogue,
- Exciter,
- catalysis,
- radical stimulus,
- ringleader,
- hydrolyst,
- originator,
- flatulence,
- inciter,
- provoker,
- pick-me-up,
- engenderer,
- gasolene,
- incendiary,
- accelerator pedal.
How to use "Catalyst" in context?
There are many definitions for the term "catalyst." Broadly speaking, a catalyst is anything that speeds up or helps to promote a reaction. In chemistry, catalysts are often substances that help chemical reactions take place faster or more effectively.
Catalysts come in many different forms, some of which are well-known and others of which are less well-known. Some common examples of well-known catalysts include albumen, enzymes, and metals. Less well-known catalysts include ceruminous materials, lipids, and gemstones.
Paraphrases for Catalyst:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
catalysis.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
Hypernym for Catalyst:
n.
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substance
enzyme, biocatalyst, platinum black.
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substance
Hyponym for Catalyst:
n.
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person
causal agent, causal agency, cause.
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substance
activator.
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person
Word of the Day
exchanging blows
- Synonyms:
- buffet, clout, cuff, duke, mix, scrap, slap, slug, sock, spar.
Nearby words
- Catalpa Speciosa
- catalufa
- Catalyse
- catalysis
- catalysize
- Catalyst
- C
- c & w
- c a
- c and w
- c as
