Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prompting

2 senses of prompting

Sense 1
suggestion, prompting -- (persuasion formulated as a suggestion)
       => persuasion, suasion -- (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)

Sense 2
prompt, prompting -- (a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting")
       => cue -- (an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prompt

3 senses of prompt

Sense 1
motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career")
       => cause, do, make -- (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident")

Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives")
       => induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make -- (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa")

Sense 3
prompt, remind, cue -- (assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned)
       => inform -- (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights")