Overview of noun prompting

The noun prompting has 2 senses

• suggestion, prompting -- (persuasion formulated as a suggestion)


• prompt, prompting -- (a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting")

Overview of verb prompt

The verb prompt has 3 senses

• motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career")


• prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives")


• prompt, remind, cue -- (assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned)