All prompt synonyms
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P p verb prompt
- innerve β to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- lay down the law β the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- commove β to disturb; stir up
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- elicit β Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- call forth β to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- advise β If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- clue in β anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- convince β If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
- joggle β to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- occasion β a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- innervate β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- quarterback β a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- bring around β If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- give rise to β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
adj prompt
- go along with β permit, consent to
- like crazy β mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- at once β If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- chop chop β pidgin English for quickly
- alacritous β cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- in full swing β to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- likeminded β having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like-minded friend.
- immediate β occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
- chop-chop β with haste; quickly.
- all there β having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- asap β asap is an abbreviation for 'as soon as possible'.
- agile β Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily.
- present β being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
adv prompt
- in time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in the bud β Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- in advance β to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
noun prompt
- memory β the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- indirect question β An indirect question is the same as a reported question.
adjective prompt
- quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- nimble β quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- nowadays β at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- expeditious β Done with speed and efficiency.