Ready; quick to act as occasion demands; acting with cheerful alacrity; ready and willing: as, prompt in obedience or compliance.
Given or performed without delay; quick; ready; not delayed.
Hasty; forward; abrupt.
Inclined or disposed.
Synonyms Early, timely, punctual.
noun.
In com., a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder called a prompt-note.
noun.
Information suggested or prompted.
To move or excite to action; incite; instigate.
To assist (a learner or speaker) by suggesting something forgotten or imperfectly learned or known, or by pronouncing the words next in order: as, to prompt a pupil; to prompt an actor.
To dictate; suggest to the mind; inspire.
To remind; put (one) in mind.
Synonyms Actuate, Impel, Induce, etc.(see actuate), incline, dispose, suggest to. See list under impel.