All catalyst synonyms

noun catalyst

• impetus — a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
• motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
• incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
• stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
• incitement — the act of inciting.
• reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
• spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
• goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
• incendiary — used or adapted for setting property on fire: incendiary bombs.
• agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
• impulse — the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse.
• incitation — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• reactant — a person or thing that reacts.
• synergist — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
• adjuvant — aiding or assisting
• substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
• compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
• reagent — a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
• promoter — a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
• facilitator — a person or thing that facilitates.
• stimulus — something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
• spark — Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918–2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
• spark plug — a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air.