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

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

The 1973 oil shock catalyzed investments in nuclear power, renewable energy, and efficiency that reduced the fossil-fuel intensity of the global economy even more rapidly than climate policy did in the years following the 2015 Paris Agreement. — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

People are decreasingly able to tell what’s real and what’s fake, and that’s due in large part to the mainstreaming of this technology catalyzed by OpenAI itself. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

Ohtani then catalyzed the winning rally against Alex Lange (1-7). — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

The numbers provide a rare look into the growth catalyzed by friendly legislatures and government money, while public school districts are losing students and closing schools. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026