Synonyms of prompting

prompting 1 of 2

noun

as in influencing

Related 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prompting

Noun

Three dedicated Claude courses progress from basic prompting and research to reusable Skills, integrations, and multi-step AI workflows. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026

The researchers’ solution was to stop relying only on what the person was physically asking, either by action or direct prompting, and instead receive confirmation from the brain itself. — New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

These episodes have heightened fears about AI agents taking actions without human prompting. — Deven Desai, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Bell told me about an instance when a friend stayed over, cleaned out her garbage disposal, and ordered her new sponges, all without any prompting. — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

An agentic system pursues a goal across multiple steps—retrieving data, calling APIs, applying business rules, making decisions and handing off exceptions—with limited human prompting along the way. — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

That’s the future Google and other tech giants predict, with AI agents soon handling tasks on our phones without constant prompting, potentially freeing us up to do other things. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

Without any prompting, the server offered to prepare a plate of food to send to the room. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

The Five Pillars Of Token Optimization Token optimization requires more than smart prompting. — Sumeet Agrawal, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Verb

After two days when admission was by invitation only, Art Basel Paris opened to the public Friday -- but only for the day, with the threat of unrest prompting organizers to cancel the weekend program. — Elitsa Gadeva, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Some even pitched tents and 55 people were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning, prompting further demonstrations. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Last year, attacks on undersea cables in Eastern Europe’s Baltic Sea, allegedly linked to Russia, disrupted connectivity in Sweden and Latvia, prompting calls from telecom firms for governments to step in. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Pierce fled on foot and stabbed an officer in the neck with a knife, prompting authorities to open fire. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Art Basel, one of the world’s most prestigious contemporary art fairs, opened to the public Friday, but only for the day, with the threat of unrest prompting organizers to cancel the weekend program. — Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026

After two days when admission was by invitation only, Art Basel Paris opened to the public Friday — but only for the day, with the threat of unrest prompting organizers to cancel the weekend program. — Elitsa Gadeva, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

But by Tuesday, the warnings had spread online, prompting governments and businesses around the globe to scramble to contain the fallout. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, for example, sent oil prices soaring, delivering a windfall to Russia and prompting Washington to temporarily ease restrictions on Russian oil exports. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026