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

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

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

Verb

Drawings, like dreams, can often feel open-ended, prompting a multiplicity of thoughts. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

But at the last moment, the defense attorney sprung up from his chair to argue a Hail Mary in a final effort to avert a mistrial, prompting a court officer to hold out his hand to signal the jurors should not yet enter the courtroom. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting flight cancellations at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting flights at other airports. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

The mudslide hit part of a village in Suichuan County in Jiangxi province in the early hours, prompting rescuers to rush to the scene and relocate residents to safer ground to prevent further danger, authorities said in a statement. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

According to the documentary, Watson stole Crowe's money, prompting Crowe to threaten retaliation. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Kansas City’s prolonged heat wave will continue through the Labor Day weekend, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an extreme heat warning. — Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Gregory Vial’s review of 282 works defines it as a process through which digital technologies alter how an organization creates value while prompting structural and organizational change. — Michael Tyrimos, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

But sometimes, that technology can threaten the balance between public safety and privacy, prompting a discussion of how much government agencies should know about people’s lives. — Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026