catalytic agent

  • 21catalyst — I noun abettor, activator, active element, active partisan, active reformer, actuator, agacerie, agent provocateur, agitator, animator, catalytic agent, cause, encouragement, encourager, excitant, exciter, ferment, force, goad, impeller, impetus …

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  • 22ferment — Synonyms and related words: acetification, acetify, acidification, acidify, acidulate, acidulation, ado, agent, agitate, agitation, ailment, alkalify, alkalization, alkalize, alterant, alterative, alterer, arouse, bacteria, beat, beat up, blow… …

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  • 23innovator — Synonyms and related words: agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, architect, author, avant garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, catalyst, catalytic agent, creator, developer, explorer, ferment, forebear,… …

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  • 24introducer — Synonyms and related words: agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, catalyst, catalytic agent, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser,… …

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  • 25leaven — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, agent, alter, alterant, alterative, alterer, assuage, bespread, besprinkle, box in, breathe, brew, catalyst, catalytic agent, circumscribe, color, condition, crawl with, creep with, decoct, diffuse,… …

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  • 26modifier — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, appositive, attribute, attributive, catalyst, catalytic agent, complement, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, direct object, ferment, filler, form… …

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  • 27precursor — Synonyms and related words: advance guard, agent, airhead, alterant, alterative, alterer, ancestor, ancestors, announcer, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, anteposition, anteriority, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, avant… …

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  • 28transformer — Synonyms and related words: agent, alembic, alterant, alterative, alterer, anvil, caldron, catalyst, catalytic agent, crucible, engine, ferment, innovationist, innovator, introducer, lathe, leaven, machine, melting pot, modificator, modifier,… …

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  • 29yeast — Synonyms and related words: agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, catalyst, catalytic agent, ferment, foam, froth, innovationist, innovator, introducer, lather, leaven, modificator, modifier, precursor, spume, suds, transformer, transmogrifier …

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  • 30catalyst — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A substance that permits or accelerates a chemical reaction] Syn. enzyme, reactant, synergist, catalytic agent, chemical reactor. 2. [A person or thing acting as a stimulus] Syn. spur, impetus, instigator; see agitator ,… …

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