Hyphenation of CATALYST

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word CATALYST? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

CAT-A-LYST

Definitions of CATALYST:

1.	(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
2.	Something that causes an important event to happen The invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country

Synonyms of CATALYST:

noun	accelerator, activator
noun	causal agent, cause, causal agency

Last hyphenations of this language

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