Processes
Synonyms for catalyst
The synonym for catalyst recorded in this bank is impetus, in the sense "a person or thing that precipitates change without itself being altered". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for catalyst
- impetusnoun, in the sense "a person or thing that precipitates change without itself being altered"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for catalyst.
a person or thing that precipitates change without itself being altered
The new manager's arrival was the catalyst for the department's turnaround.
The true synonym
impetus
Same sentence, swapped: The new manager's arrival was the impetus for the department's turnaround.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- outcome
- symptom
- byproduct
Where catalyst turns up in the game
catalyst is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where catalyst is the trap
- doernoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is actor, in the sense "a person who acts and gets things done", so catalyst is there to be ruled out.
Play catalyst
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so catalyst reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other processes words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. catalyst carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.