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. John Stephenson:

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

2. Hillary Clinton:

   I'm not a leader of millennials. I can be a catalyst, I can be an enabler, i want to open up doors with my party ... I know there is a lack of trust a lack of real relationships between these young people and my party.

3. Zipnosis CEO Jon Pearce:

   It's been a desire of the industry for a long time where we stopped talking about telemedicine or virtual care and it just becomes healthcare, and I think this will be the catalyst for that.

4. Chris Yoo:

   BlackRock exploring crypto assets comes as no surprise and is definitely a positive development for the crypto market, as the largest asset manager in the world, its interest in crypto assets could be a catalyst for upward price movement and encourage other asset managers, even with more conservative strategies, to seriously explore investing in the crypto space.

5. Kamakshya Trivedi:

   I see the Fed as a catalyst that perhaps causes some EMs to make the adjustments they need. In some places it may force the adjustment to be a bit faster than it would have been otherwise.

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