Antonyms 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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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. catalyst, acceleratornoun

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

   Antonyms:
   anticatalyst

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

2. catalystnoun

   something that causes an important event to happen

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

   Antonyms:
   anticatalyst

   Synonyms:
   accelerator

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. atavist

   to spur forward as opposed to reverting back.

   Submitted by rinat on June 26, 2016  

How to use catalyst in a sentence?

1. Allan Small:

   I do not see a catalyst to take the price of oil higher, i would challenge anyone to find me a reason to buy an oil stock or the actual commodity itself.

2. David Yeung:

   Ironically and unfortunately we have such a dramatic outbreak, devastating everyone and everywhere, which becomes this massive catalyst.

3. Michael Cronin:

   What we'll continue to see is modest loan growth. I wouldn't expect a big acceleration in the back half of 2018, i'm not sure I see a catalyst out there for it.

4. Confront Art:

   They took ownership of the statue, not only because of the subject matter, but because for the first time someone brought a large scale public artwork to their community, which sometimes is passed over for more' deserving' locations, this is our goal. Confront Art is inspiring. Confront Art is a catalyst for conversation, and bringing these pieces into communities where they spark conversation and inspiration... well, then our mission with these statues will be a success.

5. 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.

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