Synonyms of catalyze

catalyze

verb

ˈka-tə-ˌlīz 

as in to create

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

a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• cause
• generate
• bring
• prompt
• produce
• do
• induce
• work
• spawn
• effectuate
• yield
• invoke
• make
• effect
• engender
• result (in)
• encourage
• bring about
• promote
• draw on
• translate (into)
• beget
• introduce
• initiate
• give rise to
• found
• bring forth
• bring on
• determine
• contribute (to)
• establish
• occasion
• breed
• foster
• begin
• develop
• inaugurate
• launch
• enact
• cultivate
• decide
• pioneer
• start
• render
• forward
• set up
• further
• nurture
• advance
• set
• innovate
• institute
• conduce (to)
• nourish
• turn out
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impede
• restrict
• limit
• suppress
• quash
• stifle
• inhibit
• repress
• dampen
• quell
• restrain
• subdue
• smother
• curb
• crush
• control
• put down
• check
• retard
• arrest
• rein (in)
• can
• kill
• squelch
• destroy
• crack down (on)
• abolish
• quench
• squash
• extinguish
• clamp down (on)
• liquidate
• still
• demolish
• snuff (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of catalyze

Acting was his guiding passion, but his deep love for the avant-garde helped till the ground for the city’s theatrical renaissance that the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival catalyzed. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Masic believes that electroconductivity could be key to catalyzing a new era of concrete — more so even than his neo-Roman ventures. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

That’s because organisms have evolved a handful of ways to catalyze the break-up of peptide bonds, which have diversified into countless specialized protein-digesting enzymes. — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Unlike in Williamsburg and Soho, where artists’-loft conversions catalyzed subsequent real-estate booms, Gowanus artists mostly live in the surrounding neighborhoods rather than in Gowanus itself. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026