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. Nicholas Spiro:

   There's not a positive catalyst in sight for Russian assets, with high inflation, the rouble tanking and sentiment extremely volatile, rate cuts are off the table for the central bank.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   This week marks a victory for patients with LEMS and American taxpayers, and a blow to the greed of Big Pharma, suffering patients used to receive life-saving medication for free from Jacobus Pharmaceuticals -- until a competitor, Catalyst, bought the rights to the drug, received market exclusivity, and started charging $ 375,000 a year to those in desperate need.

3. John Doyle:

   We seem to be taking a breather here, consolidating gains made off the nice jobs report. It is going to take something else to get us back down below the $1.0760 range, but we're not too sure what that immediate catalyst will be, given the economic calendar is light this week.

4. Alan Lancz:

   We're still in limbo with the North Korea situation so unless we get something definitive, I don't think we're going to see any major catalyst in that category.

5. Leroy Smith:

   I hope this photo will be a catalyst for people to work to overcome some of the hatred and violence we have seen in our country in recent weeks.