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quick, prompt, ready, apt mean able to respond without delay or hesitation or indicative of such ability. quick stresses instancy of response and is likely to connote native rather than acquired power.

- quick reflexes
- a keen quick mind

prompt is more likely to connote training and discipline that fits one for instant response.

- prompt emergency medical care

ready suggests facility or fluency in response.

- backed by a pair of ready assistants

apt stresses the possession of qualities (such as intelligence, a particular talent, or a strong bent) that makes quick effective response possible.

- an apt student
- her answer was apt and to the point

prompt

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Synonyms and Antonyms of prompt

1 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 of prompt

beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield

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conduce (to), contribute (to)

decide, determine

begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start

advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote

enact, render, turn out

Phrases Synonymous with prompt

bring forth, give rise to

Near Antonyms of prompt

impede, limit, restrict

clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress

arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard

can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still

abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench

2 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 of prompt

egg (on), encourage, exhort, goad, nudge, press, prod, urge

Words Related to prompt

drive, propel, spur, stimulate

hurry, hustle, push, rush

adjure, beseech, implore, importune

blandish, cajole, coax, soft-soap, wheedle

high-pressure, nag, needle, pressure

foment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir (up)

Near Antonyms of prompt

deter, discourage, dissuade

brake, check, constrain, curb, hold back, inhibit, restrain

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