Synonyms of prompting

prompting 1 of 2

noun

as in influencing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influencing
• swaying
• tempting
• seduction
• lobbying
• coaxing
• pressuring
• exhortation
• entreaty
• wheedling
• persuading
• urging
• cajolery
• blandishment
• convincing
• inducement
• inducing
• brainwashing
• cajolement
• conversion
• suasion
• overpersuasion
• persuasion

prompting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of prompt

1

as in causing

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• causing
• creating
• generating
• bringing
• spawning
• doing
• producing
• inducing
• invoking
• working
• yielding
• making
• effecting
• encouraging
• occasioning
• catalyzing
• bringing about
• giving rise to
• resulting (in)
• engendering
• introducing
• drawing on
• translating (into)
• breeding
• effectuating
• begetting
• initiating
• bringing forth
• promoting
• bringing on
• beginning
• contributing (to)
• launching
• deciding
• inaugurating
• instituting
• establishing
• starting
• determining
• pioneering
• founding
• developing
• fostering
• furthering
• enacting
• forwarding
• rendering
• cultivating
• setting
• nurturing
• conducing (to)
• advancing
• setting up
• turning out
• innovating
• fathering
• nourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• suppressing
• controlling
• stifling
• crushing
• quashing
• checking
• quelling
• restraining
• subduing
• dampening
• inhibiting
• arresting
• smothering
• repressing
• curbing
• killing
• putting down
• retarding
• squelching
• squashing
• destroying
• abolishing
• cracking down (on)
• extinguishing
• quenching
• clamping down (on)
• demolishing
• liquidating
• reining (in)
• canning
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

2

as in urging

to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action

prompted the reluctant performer onto the stage with loud cheers and whistles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urging
• encouraging
• nudging
• spurring
• prodding
• exhorting
• goading
• coaxing
• pushing
• propelling
• pressing
• egging (on)
• imploring
• provoking
• stimulating
• beseeching
• hurrying
• driving
• pressuring
• rushing
• cajoling
• importuning
• inciting
• wheedling
• hustling
• adjuring
• nagging
• instigating
• needling
• stirring (up)
• fomenting
• blandishing
• high-pressuring
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraging
• deterring
• checking
• dissuading
• restraining
• inhibiting
• curbing
• constraining
• braking
• holding back