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. Tai Wong:

   (Palladium is) pretty much all used in gasoline catalyst converters.

2. Jim Meehan:

   Passion is the fuel; Inspiration the fuse, and learning the catalyst

3. Tom Slater:

   The Trump phenomenon has just brought to the surface the quite hysterical approach people have to opposing views, social media has played a role, because it lets politicos on both sides of the pond share ideas, and that has been somewhat of a catalyst.

4. Owen Callan:

   We had a real capitulation in markets this morning and there was no obvious catalyst, we then had some bargain hunters coming in later in the day, but the moves have been driven by more speculative hedge funds.

5. Maurice Edu:

   The Glasgow rivalry is unique and can not be replicated and you will not see anything like that around the world, but the Sons of Ben also have a unique story in as much as they started before the Philadelphia Union team, they were the catalyst and reason why Philadelphia finally gained an MLS team.