noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.

   "True, sometimes separating the promptings of the Spirit from the pressures of our own thoughts and desires can be a delicate task."

2. 2
   a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) wordnet
3. 3
   The action of inputting prompts to an artificial intelligence system.
4. 4
   persuasion formulated as a suggestion wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of prompt form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

promptactuationaide-memoirealluringanimationbehest

Example

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"Those words resonated worldwide, energizing climate change activists and sparking a series of prompting scornful reactions from others."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.