Meanings
- Of, or relating to catabolism.
Near-synonym: catabolytic (sometimes synonymous)
1 more example
“This is the idea of catabolic collapse: that what we’re living through is a series of crises, sometimes followed by momentary resolution, but the long-term trend is downturn. It’s not going to be a sudden event that’s everything in a single day, which I think people like preppers are more accustomed to thinking.”
2025 June 26, Sam Wolfson, “On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: catabolytic · Antonyms: anabolic
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelating to or characterized by catabolism
adjectivecharacterized by destructive metabolism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with catabolic
Cite this entry
catabolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catabolic
“catabolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catabolic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catabolic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catabolic.
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