Synonyms for catalyst
ˈkæt l ɪstcat·a·lyst

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1. catalystnoun

   Someone or something that encourages progress or change.

   Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace.

   Antonyms:
   inhibitor, dampener

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1. catalyst, acceleratornoun

   (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

   Synonyms:
   gun, gas pedal, accelerator pedal, accelerator, throttle valve, gas, throttle, particle accelerator, atom smasher

   Antonyms:
   anticatalyst

2. catalystnoun

   something that causes an important event to happen

   "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"

   Synonyms:
   accelerator

   Antonyms:
   anticatalyst

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1. List of paraphrases for "catalyst":

   catalytic, catalysts, enabler, catalysis, switches

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1. Greg Guidry:

   The executive committee charged us to be a catalyst for change within the broader Shell.

2. Red Bull principal Christian Horner:

   I think it's about who controls Formula One, at the moment you've got two very powerful engine manufacturers that are working closely together and then you've got the promoter and governing body and the engine is the catalyst of that.

3. John Stephenson:

   There's a listlessness out there, truthfully. There's really no identifiable catalyst, positively or negatively out there on the horizon.

4. Emanuele Rigamonti:

   Following the recent relief rally from oversold levels we expect equity markets to remain range-bound ahead of next month's ECB, Fed and BoJ policy meetings, which could prove to be the next big catalyst for 2016.

5. Gwede Mantashe:

   Energy is the catalyst for growth, they even want to tell us to switch off all the coal-generated power stations.