inhibitor

A substance that stops a process in a living thing or makes it happen more slowly.

• The drug acts as an enzyme inhibitor.
• Doctors prescribed an inhibitor to slow the disease.
• These inhibitors prevent the cells from multiplying.

Common phrases: enzyme inhibitor, growth inhibitor, selective inhibitor

A person or thing that prevents an action or makes it slower or more difficult.

• Fear is a powerful inhibitor.
• High costs became an inhibitor of growth.
• Strict rules can act as inhibitors of change.

How to use it: inhibitor of something (Fear can be an inhibitor of creativity.)

Similar words: obstacle, hindrance

Common phrases: inhibitor of growth, major inhibitor, powerful inhibitor

A substance that stops a chemical reaction or makes it happen more slowly.

• The inhibitor slowed the reaction.
• We added a corrosion inhibitor to the water.
• Different inhibitors were tested on the metal samples.

Common phrases: corrosion inhibitor, reaction inhibitor, add an inhibitor