Prompt

Definition: Prompt

Prompt

Adjective

1. According to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply".

2. Characterized by speed and efficiency.

3. Quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile".

4. Performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial".

Noun

1. A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting".

2. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command.

Verb

1. Give an incentive; "This moved me to sacrifice my career".

2. Serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives".

3. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prompt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

PROMPT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Prompt

Activity

Quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast; (swift); quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake; (intelligent).

Advice

Verb: advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice; suggest, prompt, submonish, recommend, prescribe, advocate; exhort; (persuade).

Earliness

Adjective: early, prime, forward; prompt; (active); summary.

Information

Hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink; (indicate); suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.

Memory

Retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.

Remind; suggest; (inform ); prompt; put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up; renew; infandum renovare dolorem; jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory; pull by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize.

Motive

Verb: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse; Noun: to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, beckon.

Punctuality

Verb: be prompt, be on time, be in time; arrive on time; be in the nick of time.

Adjective: timely, seasonable, in time, punctual, prompt.

Crosswords: Prompt

Dutch (accurate, immediate, on time, prompt, punctual), French (fast, prompt, quick, rapid, ready, sharp-witted, smart, snappy, speedy, swift, unhesitating), German (immediate, prompt, promptly, quick, ready, speedily, speedy, swift, swiftly, unhesitating), Romanian (nimble, nimbly, Pat, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, ready-witted, smartly, speedy, swift, unhesitating), Swedish (accurate, immediate, immediately, on time, prompt, promptly, punctual).

Books

• 15 Wonderful Writing Prompt Mini-Books (reference)

• 501 WRITING PROMPT QUESTIONS (reference)

• English and American stage productions: an annotated checklist of prompt books, 1800-1900, from the Nisbet-Snyder drama collection, Northern Illinois University Libraries (reference)

• Helping Students Write to a Prompt (reference)

• Prompt and Utter Destruction: President Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Prompt (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Prompt Temporary Relief (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Pouring molten tin, reclaimed from old tooth paste and other similiar metal tubes, into molds at the Newark, New Jersey, plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. Heavy demands from war industries has prompt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Youth is the season of prompt weldings and rapid cicatrisations

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Health

Prompt recognition of clinical syndrome by physicians. (references)

Even with prompt treatment, some infections result in death. (references)

Successfully combatting PI, however, depends on prompt detection. (references)

Business

There are also rules to ensure the prompt enforcement of awards. (references)

Availability and prompt delivery are also important competitive issues. (references)

The ease of use and prompt response to consumer financing needs are the key strengths of this approach. (references)

Children

India

The NHRC requested that the Assam Chief Secretary issue a detailed report on the incident and provide prompt medical treatment for the victims. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mexico

Unlike in previous years, foreign clergy and visitors to the area have been able to arrange their immigration status easily and received prompt attention from the relevant government authorities. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Among the reasons mentioned by Costa Rican firms for preferring U.S. resins are the high quality of U.S. products and prompt, reliable shipments. (references)

Human Rights

Mauritius

In most cases, suspects are provided prompt access to family and defense counsel; however, police in some cases delayed suspects' access to defense counsel. (references)

Guyana

In March 2000, the U.N. Human Rights Committee made 22 recommendations to the Government, including a call for prompt investigation by an impartial body of extrajudicial killings and excessive use of force. (references)

China

Adequate, timely medical care for prisoners continues to be a serious problem, despite official assurances that prisoners have the right to prompt medical treatment if they become ill. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

Former insurgent leader Jotirindrio Bodhipriya Larma, alias Shantu Larma, has publicly questioned whether the Peace Accord has been implemented properly, and has urged prompt government action to implement all provisions of the Accord. (references)

Political Economy

KUWAIT

For perishable imports arriving via air, land or sea, customs clearance is prompt. (references)

Chad

The judiciary remained subject to executive interference and was unable to provide citizens with prompt trials. (references)

Trade

Italy

The advantage of a free trade zone or bonded warehouse to American firms is having a European base of supply to assure customers prompt delivery and service. (references)

Ireland

The principal advantages of the free zone to American firms are the existence of a European base of supply to assure customers prompt delivery and service, the ability to maintain inventory at low cost, and eligibility for the reduced 10 percent corporate tax rate in Ireland. (references)

Bolivia

Several money exchange houses legally operating in Bolivia offer prompt conversion of several currencies at legal rates, in addition to providing transfers. (references)

Travel

Italy

Businesspeople in Italy also appreciate prompt replies to their inquires, and they expect all correspondence to be acknowledged. (references)

Italy

While there are numerous factors that may interfere with prompt shipment, the U.S. exporter must allow for additional shipping time and keep in close contact with the buyer. (references)

Austria

Prompt handling of correspondence is much appreciated and helps to compensate for the distance between the two countries. (references)

Women

Guyana

The Domestic Violence Act defines domestic violence, establishes it as a crime, and gives women the right to seek prompt protection. (references)

Worker Rights

Samoa

While the law does not address specifically the right of workers to remove themselves from a dangerous work situation, a report of such a case to the Commissioner of Labor would prompt an investigation, without jeopardy to continued employment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "prompt": command prompt ♦ opposite prompt side ♦ prompt answer ♦ prompt book ♦ prompt box ♦ prompt copy ♦ prompt message ♦ prompt nitric oxide ♦ prompt payer ♦ prompt payment ♦ Prompt Radiation Analysis ♦ prompt reply ♦ prompt shipment ♦ prompt side ♦ prompt to ♦ to prompt. Additional references.

Beginning with "prompt": Prompt-book, prompt-box, prompt-copy, Prompt-note, prompt-side.

Ending with "prompt": AUTO-PROMPT, tele-prompt.

Afrikaans

akkuraat (accurate, exact, on time, precise, punctual). (various references)

Albanian

plot (flat, full, lots of), sufloj, shtytje (boost, dub, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, poke, pressure, prompting, propulsion, push, repulsion), shtyj dikë, replikë e suflerit, nxitje (abetment, challenge, cheer, countenance, dare, dig, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), në kohë (duly, in the nick of time, in time, seasonable, timely), i shpejtë (agile, arrowy, brisk, dashing, expedite, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, fleet of foot, fleet-footed, fleeting, flying, hasty, imminent, mercurial, quick, rapid, smart, spanking, speedy, swift, volant, wanton, winged, wing-footed), i menjëhershëm (immediate, impulsive, instant, instantaneous, momentary, quick, rapid), i atypëratyshëm (smart, swift), ekzakt (sharp). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوري (immediate, instant, instantaneous, quick, spontaneous, spot, straight away), ‏يقظ (alert, awake, awoke, careful, circumspect, jaunty, lively, mindful, napless, observant, on duty, open-eyed, springy, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide awake), ‏لقن (indoctrinate, teach), ‏حض (exhortation, poke, prompting, spur), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), ‏سريع (brisk, clipping, express, expressible, fast, feathered, fleet, flier, hasty, momentary, nippy, precipitate, quick, rapid, rattling, ready, rife, smart, snappy, speed, speedy, swift), ‏عاجل (accelerate, hasten, immediate, instant, precipitate, rapid, speedy, summary), ‏دفع فوري, ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references)

Bulgarian 

напомняне (memento, recall, redolence, reminder), подбуждам (abet, actuate, excite, foment, galvanize, incite, instigate, motivate, prod, provoke, raise, urge on), подтиквам (actuate, fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, invite, move, prod, provoke, resolve, spur, stir up, urge on), подсказвам (give a hint, hint, indite, suggest, tell the answer), подсказвам на, подсказване (suggestion), подушушвам, подучавам (egg on, prime, put smb. up to smth., put up to), пораждам (beget, breed, call forth, cause, engender, evoke, gender, generate, give birth, give rise to, give to rise, originate, produce, provoke, raise, sow, start up, stir), давам повод за (occasion), бърз (agile, brisk, dapper, expedite, expeditious, express, fast, forward, hasty, hurried, light-heeled, lively, natty, nippy, precipitate, pressing, quick, rapid, rattling, ready, rush, sharp, slapdash, slippy, smart, spanking, speedy, sweeping, time-saving, urgent, wing-footed), суфлиране, навременен (apropos, merciful, not unwelcome, opportune, providential, seasonable, timely, welcome, well timed, well-judged), насърчавам (abet, embolden, encourage, favour, hearten, man, pull for, push, support, uphold), незабавен (immediate, instant, instantaneous, speedy, straightaway, summary), вдъхвам (ensoul, imbue, implant, inbreathe, inform, inhale, inoculate, inspire, prepossess, snort), внушавам (carry, implant, imprint, inspire, put an idea into smb.'s head, suggest), точно (according to cocker, clean, correctly, directly, exactly, expressly, just, justly, narrowly, nicely, on schedule, precise, right, sharp, spang, strictly, textually, true, truly, whang), чевръст (alert, light footed, nimble, ready, slippy, smart, spry), ставам причина за (occasion, start), суфлирам, пъргав (active, agile, alert, alive, deft, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nimble, nippy, pretty, quick, ready, resilient, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, wanton, warm, whippy, zippy). (various references)

Chinese 

立刻 (at once, forthwith, immediate, promptly, straightway, thereupon), 提示 (HINT, Prompted, Prompting, reminder), 捷 (quick, rapid, triumph, victory), 催 (expedite, hurry, press, urge). (various references)

Czech

pohotový (adroit, nimble, offhand, Pat, quick, ready, swift), podnítit (galvanize, provoke, quicken), okamžitý (immediate, instant, instantaneous, momentary, overnight, quick, unhesitating), navádìt (abet, guide, vector), napovídat, hbitý (agile, deft, light-heeled, nimble, sprightly, swift, voluble). (various references)

Danish

incitering (prompt message), haster (quick, urgent), forespørgselsmeddelelse (prompt message), cito (quick, urgent). (various references)

Dutch

prompt (accurate, immediate, on time, punctual), nauwkeurig (accurate, exact, on time, punctual), nauwgezet (accurate, exactly, on time, punctual, sharp), accuraat (accurate, exact, exactly, on time, punctual, sharp). (various references)

Esperanto

suflori, instigilo, akurataj, akurata (accurate, on time, punctual). (various references)

Farsi 

چالاک (Adroit, Deft, Dexterous, Dextrous, Handy, Jimmy, Lissome, Natty, Nimble, Nippy, Pawky, Peppy, Sprightly, Spry), سوفلوری کردن , سریع کردن , سریع (Precipitate, Quick, Rapid, Speedy, Sudden, Swift), عاجل , اماده (Able, Apt, Beforehand, Fresh, Handy, Lief, Present, Provided, Ready, Stock, Yare), بیدرنگ (Away, Outright, Thereupon, Therewith), بفعالیت واداشتن (Operate), برانگیختن (Abet, Act, Actuate, Arouse, Evince, Exacerbate, Exasperate, Excite, Heat, Impulse, Infuse, Instigate, Irritate, Nettle, Prod, Provoke, Roust, Sick, Whet). (various references)

Finnish

pikainen (quick, rapid, speedy), täsmällinen (accurate, exact, on time, precise, punctual, strict), ripeä (alert, brisk, quick), kuiskata (whisper), kiireellinen (hasty, pressing, speedy, urgent), kerkeä (quick, ready), kehoteviesti (prompt message), kehote (prompt message), joutuisa (quick, rapid, speedy), antaa jollekulle sysäys. (various references)

French

prompt, ponctuel. (various references)

Frisian

krekt (accurate, on time, precise, punctual). (various references)

German

soufflieren. (various references)

Greek 

γρήγορος (fast, quick, rapid), πρόθυμοσ (complaisant, eager, forward, game, neighborly, neighbourly, officious, ready, willing), παρακινώ (abet, actuate, egg on, exhort, impel, incite, induce, motivate, prod, spur, stimulate, urge), παρορμώ (urge), ωθώ (actuate, impel, motivate, push, shove, thrust), υπενθυμίζω (fillip, remind, remind about), υποκινώ (abet, foment, incite, instigate, stir up), ειδοποιητικό μήνυμα (prompt message), ειδοποίηση (notice, notification), ταχύσ (cursory, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, precipitate, presto, quick, rapid, spanking, speedy, swift). (various references)

Hebrew 

מי�"י (from, immediate, instant, instantaneous, spontaneous, spot, summary, swift), מוכן (all set, already, bound, made, prepared, ready, set, willing), מ�"יק (punctual), ליזום (initiate, instigate, institute, motivate, sponsor), לעורר (alarm, alert, appeal, contest, excite, infuriate, inspire, instigate, occasion, promote, spark, spirit, stimulate, stir up), ל�"� יע (activate, disturb, drive, impel, induce, motivate, propel, set in motion, stir, urge). (various references)

Hungarian

súgás (prompting, whisper), azonnali (immediate, instant, instantaneous, present). (various references)

Icelandic

nákvæmur (accurate, on time, punctual). (various references)

Indonesian

tepat (accurate, apposite, appropriate, apropos, aptly, convenient, effective, exact, exactly, opportune, precise, right), tangkas (agile, cute, dapper, deft, dexterous), mendorong (boost, propel, push, see: dorong), membisiki (whisper at, whisper to), cepat (brisk, dapper, express, fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift). (various references)

Italian

preciso (accurate, careful, clean, close, definite, exact, identic, identical, on time, particular, positive, precise, pronounced, punctual, rigorous, strict, thorough, trenchant, true), esatto (accurate, attunes, careful, close, correct, definite, exact, exactly, express, narrow, near, nice, on time, Plumb, punctual, right, strict, true, tunes). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

迅速 (fast, quick, rapid, swift), 機敏 (quick, smart). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すばやい (agile, fast, nimble, quick), プロンプト , きび�" (quick, smart), び�"しょう (agile, nimble, quick, shrewd, smart), じ�"そく (fast, quick, rapid, swift), ちょくさい (decisiveness, directness, frank, imperial decision or sanction, straightforward), ちょくせつ (decisiveness, direct, directness, firsthand, frank, immediate, personal, straightforward). (various references)

Korean 

길잡이. (various references)

Manx

siyragh (cursory, expeditious, hastening, hasty, hurried, impetuous, passion, rash), leah (early), greinnaghey (abet, activate, activation, coach, coaching, encourage, encouragement, goad, incite, induce, inducement, stimulate), fys jeh'n ockle, er y traa, er builley ny hoor, dy traaoil (fortunely, in good time), cur yn fockle 'sy veeal, cur ayns kione feanish. (various references)

Pig Latin

omptpray.(various references)

Polish

punktualny (accurate, on time, punctual), akuratny (accurate, on time, punctual). (various references)

Portuguese

pronto (finished, hullo, pat, prepared, ready, speedy, through, unhesitating), exato (accurate, anchored, clean-cut, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, exact, faithful, incorrupt, just, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined). (various references)

Romanian

punctual (precise, punctual, punctually), prompt (nimble, nimbly, Pat, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, ready-witted, smartly, speedy, swift, unhesitating), peşin (ready), neîntârziat (directly, early, immediately, instant), îndemna (advise, charge, court, egg, exhort, goad, hunch, impel, incite, induce, needle, prick, prod, punch, push, rouse, set smb. doing smth., spank, spur, stimulate, urge), determina (abstract, appoint, ascertain, bring, call forth, cause, conditional, convince, define, determine, dictate, draw, entail, establish, find, fix, gather, govern, induce, infer, lead, make, mark out, modify, persuade, procure, produce, provoke, reason, urge), eficient (active, efficient, productive), face (achieve, act, anoint, appoint, be, be up to smth., bear, build, carry out, commit, compose, conclude, cook, cost, create, cut, dispense, do, does, draw, drive, effect, form, give, give forth, grow, happen, have, hold, induce, it does, keep, lead, leave, let, make, move, perform, perpetrate, persuade, prepare, produce, render, say, scoop in, strike, work, write, yield), gata (finished, game, i'm past it, minded, packed, prepared, ready, through), imediat (anon, at once, before you could say jack robinson, directly, eftsoons, forthright, forthwith, immediate, immediately, in a trice, instanter, instantly, now, on short notice, on the instant, on the spot, out of hand, Pat, present, presently, quick as flash, right away, slick, soon, speak away, straight, straight away, this instant, urgent), îmboldi (actuate, goad, hound on, hurry, impel, press, spur, stimulate, urge into), insufla (breathe into, imbue, inform, infuse, inject, inspire with, instil, insufflate), trezi (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, evoke, hold up, hound on, induce, inspire with, knock up, raise, rip up, rouse, sharpen, wake, wake up), scadenţã (maturity, maturity of a bill, term), stimula (abet, activate, actuate, brace, cheer, develop, dynamize, elate, Energize, enliven, excite, fillip, fire, gladden, goad, hop, incite, inspire, irritate, lash, motive, needle, pander to, pep, pep up, prick, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rouse, sharpen, spur, stimulate, stir up, tickle, urge, whet), sufla (blow, blow one's nose, breathe, gasp, puff, whiff, whisper), sugera (hint, implicate, imply, intimate, propose, suggest), instantaneu (immediate, instantaneous, snap, snapshot, sudden, suddenly). (various references)

Russian 

услужливый (complaisant, obliging, pleasing), расторопный (on the ball, quick), незамедлительный, аккуратный (accurate, exact, meticulous, natty, neat, on time, orderly, precise, prim, punctual, spruce, tidy, trim), быстрый (agile, expedite, expeditious, fast, fast-moving, fleet, flying, hasty, light, lively, nimble, quick, rapid, rath, rathe, sharpish, slippy, smart, snappy, spanking, speedy, straightaway, swift, tantivy, winged, wing-footed), побуждать (actuate, determine, excite, goad, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invite, motivate, provoke, resolve, spirit, spurred, stimulate), подсказывать, подсказка (help, prompting), подлежащий немедленной оплате. (various references)

Scottish

spreig (blame, chide, enforce, instigate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suflirati, sufliranje (prompting), spreman (pat, prepared, present, ready, ready-for-service, set, willing), navesti (adduce, bring up, cite, induce, lead, lead on, maneuver, manoeuvre, persuade, plead, quote, suggest), izazvati (arouse, bring about, call up, cause, challenge, create, educe, engender, generate, induce, originate, produce, tempt, touch off, trigger, trigger off), gotov (completed, finished, officinal, over, prepared, ready, ready made, through), došaptavanje, došapnuti nekome, brz (cursory, expeditious, fast, fleet, high speed, nippy, quick, rapid, repartee, spanking, speedy, swift, tantivy, tripping), blagovremen (opportune, seasonable, well timed). (various references)

Spanish

plazo límite, puntual (on time, punctual, religious), pronto (before long, early, fast, presently, pronto, quick, quickly, readily, ready, smart, soon, speedy, swift, swiftly), aviso (ad, advertisement, advice, announcement, aviso, demand, message, notice, notification, recall, tip, warning, word), disponible (available, disposable, forthcoming, free, on call, ready, spare, unattached, unoccupied, vacant), en punto (exactly, o'clock, precisely, sharp), estimular (abet, boost, bring on, encourage, excite, exhilarate, fuel, ginger up, incite, invigorate, jog, liven, liven up, prod, promote, quicken, rouse, shake up, spur, stimulate, stir, stir up, titillate, whip up), incitador (prompt message), inmediato (adjacent, immediate, instant, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring, next, ocular), apuntar (aim, appear, break, enter, get at, get down, jot down, lay, leak, level, log, make a note, Mark, mark down, mark up, note, point, put down, record, register, remark, score, set down, sight, train, turn up, write down), mover (actuate, Bob, budge, cause, dispose, drive, hitch, inch, jar, lead, move, nod, play, pull, roll, shake, shift, stir, sway, turn over, waft, wag, work, wriggle), sugerir (come up with, intimate, invite, suggest), rápido (agile, darting, express, express train, fast, fast train, fasting, fleeting, heel bar, live, lively, nippy, quick, quick fire, quick-firing, rapid, rapids, rathe, rattling, riffle, shoot, short, slapping, slashing, slick, snappy, spanking, speedy, swift, swift-flowing, twinkling), réplica (answer, rejoinder, replica, retort), soplar (blow, blow up, fan, grass, inform, peach, puff, set, sit, split, tell, waft), sugerencia (excitation, inspiration, suggesting, suggestion), inspirar (carry away, embolden, inspire, upload). (various references)

Swedish

sufflera, snar (quick, speedy), prompt (accurate, immediate, immediately, on time, promptly, punctual), påpasslig (attentive, ready). (various references)

Turkish

tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole). (various references)

Ukrainian

спонукати (abet, actuate, cause, excite, impel, impulse, induce, motivate, motive, prick, prod, provoke, push on, rouse, set off, spur, urge), ретельний (affectionate, assiduous, careful, diligent, dutiful, elaborate, meticulous, narrow, nice, observant, rigorous, severe, thorough), точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, due, exactly, explicitly, fair, faithfully, flush, just, microscopically, minutely, precisely, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly), швидко (apace, aptly, at full pelt, chop-chop, fast, lightly, nimbly, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, speedily, swift), швидкий (agile, arrowy, dapper, double quick, expeditious, fast, fleet, fleeting, hasty, nippy, precipitate, present, quick, rapid, snappy, spanking, speedy, summary, swift, whipping, zippy), негайний (immediate, instant, instantaneous, swift), заохочувати (countenance, embolden, nurse), підказувати, підказування (prompting), день платежу. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tức thời sẵn s� ng, sự nhắc lời nhắc, nhanh chóng; ngay, ngay tức thì (pronto), mau lẹ (apace, expeditious, speedy, trippingly, wing-footed), kỳ hạn trả tiền, kỳ hạn trả nợ. (various references)

Welsh

parod (apt, finished, prepared, ready, through), brau (brittle, fragile, kindly). (various references)

praesens, praesente, praesentem, praesentes, praesenti, praesentia, praesentibus, praesentis, promptus, suggero. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "prompt": promptbook, promptbooks, prompted, prompter, prompters, promptest, prompting, promptitude, promptitudes, promptly, promptness, promptnesses, prompts. (additional references)

Words containing "prompt": impromptu, impromptus, unprompted. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prompt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prempt, promnt, promot, promp, prompet, prompta, promptu, prompty. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tromp.

-2 letters: mort, pomp, port, prom, prop, romp, trop.

-3 letters: mop, mor, mot, opt, ort, pom, pop, pot, pro, rom, rot, tom, top, tor.

-4 letters: mo, om, op, or, to.

+1 letter: prompts.

+2 letters: prompted, prompter, promptly.

+3 letters: impromptu, preemptor, prompters, promptest, prompting, uppermost.

+4 letters: impromptus, micropipet, peremptory, postpartum, precompute, preemption, preemptors, preemptory, promptbook, promptness, protoplasm, unprompted.

+5 letters: approximate, coppersmith, impropriety, malapropist, micropipets, opportunism, pittosporum, postprimary, precomputed, precomputer, precomputes, preemptions, presumption, promptbooks, promptitude, protophloem, protoplasms, tamperproof.