catalyst
About 5.49 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.
- noun Something that encourages progress or change.
Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace.
- noun An inciting incident that sets the successive conflict into motion.
- noun A catalytic converter.
- noun An object that facilitates the casting of a spell (such as a magic wand).
Similar words
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Often followed by
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Word family
catalyst for change catalysts catalysts for change
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