Prompt — synonyms, definition

1. prompt (a)

active alert dependable direct eager earnest energetic enthusiastic evident forward immediate instant nimble on time personal precise punctual quick rapid ready • • •

2. prompt (Verb)

actuate admonish aid animate arouse ask assist beckon call call forth call in cause coach cue direct drill drive foreshadow galvanise galvanize • • •

prompt (Verb) — Give an incentive for action. ex. "This prompted me to sacrifice my career"

prompt (Verb) — Serve as the inciting cause of. ex. "She prompted me to call my relatives"

prompt (Verb) — Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.

cause do engender get have induce inform make stimulate

3. prompt (Adjective)

straightaway

prompt (Adjective) — According to schedule or without delay; on time. ex. "the train is prompt"

prompt (Adjective) — Ready and willing or quick to act. ex. "she is always prompt to help her friends"

prompt (Adjective) — Performed with little or no delay. ex. "a prompt reply"

4. prompt (Noun)

command prompt prompting

prompt (Noun) — A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken). ex. "the audience could hear his prompt"

prompt (Noun) — (computing) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command.

cue electronic communication