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

To achieve credibility and build external audit assurance quality, our agents use an advanced chain-of-thought prompting process, which breaks each complex problem into smaller reasoning steps, combined with deterministic guardrails. — Gargi Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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

The agent can run programs and complete requests without constant prompting. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 3 June 2026

These followers, or individuals who react or respond to the prompting of opinion leaders, may not necessarily qualify as opinion leaders themselves. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026

Recently, her kids, ages 11 and 15, participated in a school walkout in protest of ICE without any prompting from her. — Adrienne Farr, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026

Without any prompting from leadership, there was much discussion in the hallways that Netflix made the right call to exert financial discipline and not get caught up in the hunt. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026

In 2016, Arnold went to rehab for alcohol addiction, at the prompting of country singer Charlie Daniels. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2026

On the same day, at Southside Presbyterian Church, in Tucson, Arizona, a similar press conference was held at the prompting of an eccentric goat herder named Jim Corbett, who had been sheltering refugees for the past year and had turned to the church for help. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026

Verb

Rollins brought up the Bloodline, prompting back-and-forth strikes from the two former brothers. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Walbert Ureña, the Angels' starter who helped lead the shutout, did not offer similar complaints, prompting some fans to wonder whether Misiorowski's postgame comments were simply an excuse for an uncharacteristically rough outing. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

In Serbia, record-low Danube levels have pushed the country’s key hydroelectric plant to operate with only 20% of its capacity, prompting Prime Minister Djuro Macut to preside over an emergency meeting on Monday focusing on energy problems. — Justin Spike, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Then a March heat wave zapped what little snow was left, prompting a statewide drought emergency. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026

In Romania, two nuclear reactors were forced to shut down last month due to low Danube water levels, prompting the country to declare a nationwide state of emergency due to a decline in electricity production. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

The duo arrived on stage with margaritas in hand, prompting Kidman to call for a toast. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Aug. 2026

Two of the state’s best players recently tried and failed to change schools for their senior seasons, prompting one to head to college. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026

The project is one of Georgia’s largest, prompting promises of economic prosperity from backers and outrage among thousands of residents who just learned of the plans. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026