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past tense of prompt
Synonyms & Antonyms of prompted
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 for prompted
- begot
- (also begat),
- bred,
- brought,
- brought about,
- brought on,
- catalyzed,
- caused,
- created,
- did,
- drew on,
- effected,
- effectuated,
- engendered,
- generated,
- induced,
- invoked,
- made,
- occasioned,
- produced,
- resulted (in),
- spawned,
- translated (into),
- worked
- (or wrought),
- yielded
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Near Antonyms for prompted
- clamped down (on),
- cracked down (on),
- crushed,
- dampened,
- put down,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- repressed,
- smothered,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- suppressed
- canned
- [slang],
- killed,
- snuffed (out),
- stilled
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
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