catalyse

Questions about catalyse

What does catalyse mean?

catalyse means "change by catalysis or cause to catalyze".

How many syllables are in catalyse?

catalyse has 3 syllables: ca-ta-lyse. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for catalyse?

Close synonyms include catalyze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catalyse a common word?

catalyse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.