Synonyms for prompting
prompt·ing

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1. suggestion, promptingnoun

   persuasion formulated as a suggestion

   Synonyms:
   proffer, trace, prompt, mesmerism, hint, hypnotism, proposition, suggestion

2. prompt, promptingnoun

   a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

   "the audience could hear his prompting"

   Synonyms:
   command prompt, suggestion, prompt

Matched Categories

1. • Cue
   • Persuasion

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1. List of paraphrases for "prompting":

   forcing, pushing

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1. Chihiro Ohta:

   The U.S. ISM data out overnight was not all that encouraging, and lower oil is prompting a bit of risk aversion.

2. Makoto Noji:

   Monetary easing may be effective in prompting buy-back in 'oversold' risk assets but it is not enough to brighten the economic outlook, which market players are concerned about, when China is curtailing excessive investments, monetary stimulus would not boost China's demand much. Rather if it ends up weakening the yuan, it would fuel competition in devaluation. There's no wonder U.S. stocks have lost steam.

3. Sigmund Freud:

   Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men's actions.

4. Han Tan:

   Global investors have had their emotions toyed with amidst the ever-shifting sands of the U.S.-China trade conflict, market nerves have been left raw, with the delicate sentiment prompting knee-jerk reactions to every nuance pertaining to the highly unpredictable U.S.-China trade impasse.

5. Kim Ward:

   That’s not what is prompting it at all.