Synonyms of catalyzed

catalyzed

verb

past tense of catalyze

as in caused

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

• caused
• created
• prompted
• generated
• brought
• spawned
• produced
• did
• induced
• yielded
• worked
• effected
• engendered
• made
• invoked
• occasioned
• brought about
• effectuated
• resulted (in)
• brought on
• introduced
• brought forth
• translated (into)
• gave rise to
• encouraged
• begot
• initiated
• promoted
• bred
• drew on
• inaugurated
• pioneered
• launched
• founded
• began
• fostered
• developed
• contributed (to)
• determined
• established
• instituted
• started
• decided
• enacted
• cultivated
• nurtured
• rendered
• forwarded
• furthered
• conduced (to)
• set up
• innovated
• advanced
• set
• fathered
• nourished
• turned out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limited
• restricted
• impeded
• suppressed
• dampened
• crushed
• inhibited
• controlled
• stifled
• repressed
• subdued
• quashed
• smothered
• arrested
• checked
• restrained
• curbed
• put down
• killed
• retarded
• squelched
• quelled
• destroyed
• squashed
• abolished
• quenched
• clamped down (on)
• extinguished
• canned
• stilled
• liquidated
• cracked down (on)
• reined (in)
• demolished
• snuffed (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of catalyzed

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

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

This process of tweaking genes to establish new traits is thought to have catalyzed evolutionary novelty in animals. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Harvey and Legora first entered the scene less than five years ago and have catalyzed the change. — Logan Brown, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Growth through crisis The debate over Fed accountability has taken on a new dimension since the 2008 financial crisis, which catalyzed a historic expansion of its activities. — Paul Wachtel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

That was a couple months before the launch of ChatGPT catalyzed the generative AI boom that would ultimately help turn Nvidia into the world’s most valuable company. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Ruby Ridge and Waco became battle cries that catalyzed the Patriot Movement, a white supremacist militia movement that fused conspiracism and antigovernment narratives with Christian nationalism. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026

Those gaps, the researchers argue, could have been filled by chemical reactions catalyzed by metals in the vent systems such as nickel, iron, cobalt and palladium. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026