CATALYZES Synonyms

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• process fast and efficiently

• make easier

• be of use

• increase the likelihood of (a response)

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

• move faster

• make keen or more acute

• give life or energy to

• show signs of life

• give new life or energy to

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

• a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

• an act that sets in motion some course of events

• put in motion or move to act

• release or pull the trigger on

• change by catalysis or cause to catalyze