catalyst
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
Types & categories
- activator hypernym
- biocatalyst hyponym
- enzyme hyponym
- platinum black hyponym
Related & opposite
- anticatalyst antonym
- catalyze derivation
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 2 noun
something that causes an important event to happen
the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country
Types & categories
- causal agent hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | anticatalyst |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | catalyze |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | biocatalyst |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enzyme |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | platinum black |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | causal agent |