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catalyze

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Synonyms & Antonyms of catalyze

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country

Synonyms for catalyze

beget,
breed,
bring,
bring about,
bring on,
cause,
create,
do,
draw on,
effect,
effectuate,
engender,
generate,
induce,
invoke,
make,
occasion,
produce,
prompt,
result (in),
spawn,
translate (into),
work,
yield

Words Related to catalyze

conduce (to),
contribute (to)

decide,
determine

begin,
establish,
father,
found,
inaugurate,
initiate,
innovate,
institute,
introduce,
launch,
pioneer,
set,
set up,
start

advance,
cultivate,
develop,
encourage,
forward,
foster,
further,
nourish,
nurture,
promote

enact,
render,
turn out

Phrases Synonymous with catalyze

bring forth,
give rise to

Near Antonyms for catalyze

impede,
limit,
restrict

clamp down (on),
crack down (on),
crush,
dampen,
put down,
quash,
quell,
repress,
smother,
squash,
squelch,
stifle,
subdue,
suppress

arrest,
check,
control,
curb,
inhibit,
rein (in),
restrain,
retard

can
[slang],
kill,
snuff (out),
still

abolish,
demolish,
destroy,
extinguish,
liquidate,
quench

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