Definition for Prompting:

• The act of suggesting words to a speaker; a suggestion.

Synonyms for Prompting:

• n.

  •
  • prod,
  • stimulus,
  • spur,
  • stimulant,
  • nourishment,
  • encouragement,
  • push,
  • inducement.
  •behest (noun)
  • in junction,
  • be-hest,
  • be-hests,
  • re-quests,
  • be hests,
  • re-quest,
  • in-junction,
  • pre-cept,
  • pre cept,
  • in junctions,
  • expressed desires,
  • in-junctions,
  • re quests,
  • re quest,
  • be hest.
  •communication (noun)
  • suggestion,
  • prompting.
  •cue (noun)
  • re minder,
  • re minders,
  • re-minder,
  • tipoffs,
  • hot leads,
  • in wind,
  • re-minders.
  •prompt (noun)
  • prompt.
  •suggesting (noun)
  • re commending,
  • submittings,
  • pro-posing,
  • re-commending,
  • recommendings,
  • pro posing,
  • tenderings,
  • counselings,
  • advancings,
  • proposings.

• v.

  •advising (verb)
  • informing,
  • encouraging,
  • briefing,
  • admonishing,
  • counseling,
  • warning,
  • Consulting,
  • Notifying,
  • Advocating,
  • Conferring,
  • directing,
  • tipping off,
  • Instructing,
  • guiding,
  • cueing,
  • Advising,
  • Cautioning,
  • Recommending.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • admonition,
  • behest,
  • cue,
  • determinant,
  • instruction,
  • instructions,
  • invitation,
  • leading question,
  • mnemonic,
  • mnemonics,
  • occasion,
  • occasions,
  • persuasion,
  • request,
  • solicitation,
  • stumper,
  • suasion,
  • wish,
  • word,
  • Tendering,
  • tip off,
  • Suggesting,
  • solicitations,
  • determinants,
  • indirect question,
  • trick question,
  • movings,
  • promptings,
  • in the wind,
  • expressed desire,
  • stumpers,
  • telltales,
  • tipoff,
  • fishing question,
  • hot lead.
  •v.
  • cause.

Paraphrases for Prompting:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    provoking, Promoting, Propagating, propelling, intervention, motivating, triggering, Procuring, response, encourage, encouraging, Furthering, sparking, compelling, Generating, intervening, pressing, Necessitating, stimulating, Manipulating, Producing, Initiating, Engendering, where, Instigating, foster, fostering, Facilitating, spurring, Petitioning, Mobilizing, Constituting, pressuring, galvanizing, moving, Fomenting, ordering, Inciting, stirring, activating, spearheading, Igniting, Attracting, urging, Forming, Persuading, warning, Arousing, catalyzing, Suggesting, inviting, invites, Soliciting, integrating, Enforcing, rendering, impelling, Eliciting, initiative, Capturing, Nurturing, enticing, directing, Committing, Boosting, Forcing, obliging, sensitizing, heartening, wondering, incurring, inducing, instilling, enabling, gratifying, catalysing, relaunching, posing, Entailing, thrusting, leveraging, advancing, Influencing, thriving, pushing, leading, Inflicting, costing, Shoving, Advocating, Creating, resulting, Requiring, Arising, questioning, request, Requesting, requests, Cultivating, putting, Evoking, stoking, posting, forging, Involving, Obligating, guiding, appealing, bring, bringing, growing, sending, Abetting, knocking, Wreaking, causing, demanding, asking, underlying, unleashing, yielding, dragging, hence, ec, paying, seeking, leaving, drawing, teasing, driving, Aiding, hooking, effects, Effecting, fueling, engaging, Carrying, Claiming, casting, Fanning, raising, pulling, binding, wounding, Doing, making.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    calling, calls.

Prompting Sentence Examples:

• Fling off thy passion's rage, thy spirit's prompting dire!

• My poor dear father, who was as perfect in his part as possible this morning, did not speak three words without prompting; he was so nervous and anxious about the success of the piece that his own part was driven literally out of his head.

Hyponym for Prompting:

• n.

  • communication
    suasion, persuasion.