1. A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
   "the audience could hear his prompting";
   - prompt
    
2. Persuasion formulated as a suggestion
   "The actor needed frequent prompting to remember his lines";
   - suggestion

1. Give an incentive for action
   "This prompted me to sacrifice my career";
   - motivate, actuate, propel, move, incite
    
2. Serve as the inciting cause of
   "She prompted me to call my relatives";
   - inspire, instigate
    
3. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
   "The stage manager prompted the nervous actor when he forgot his lines";
   - remind, cue

Derived forms: promptings

Type of: cause, cue, do, engender, get, have, induce, inform, make, persuasion, stimulate, suasion [rare]

Encyclopedia: Prompt