Prompt

Quick meaning: Prompt is an adjective meaning Quick; acting without delay.

Meaning

Quick; acting without delay.

More Meanings

1. On time; punctual.
2. (finance) Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.
3. A reminder or cue.
4. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
5. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
6. (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
7. (archaic) Ready; willing to act.

Example Sentences

a prompt response

Be prompt for your appointment.

I prompted him to get a new job.

He was very prompt at getting a new job.

Word Forms

• prompts
• prompting
• prompted

Synonyms for prompt

Depending on context, synonyms include fast, hasty, now, quick, rapid, rash.

Antonyms for prompt

Common opposites include havering, hesitant, hesitative, tremulous, trepidatious, vacillatory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quick, expeditious, propel, instigate, incite, move.

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