| noun | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
| noun | a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) “the audience could hear his prompting” |
| verb | give an incentive for action “This moved me to sacrifice my career” |
| verb | serve as the inciting cause of “She prompted me to call my relatives” |
| verb | assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned |
| suggest | verb | imply as a possibility |
| prompt | verb | serve as the inciting cause of |
| motivative | adjective | impelling to action; - Arthur Pap |
| motivation | noun | the condition of being motivated |
| motive | noun | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior |
| motivator | noun | a positive motivational influence |
| act | noun | something that people do or cause to happen |
| propulsion | noun | the act of propelling |
| incitement | noun | needed encouragement |
| incitation | noun | something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action |
| prompting | noun | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
| instigation | noun | the verbal act of urging on |
| instigator | noun | a person who initiates a course of action |
| prompt | noun | a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) |
| prompter | noun | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech |
| cue | noun | an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech |