prompt

Adjective

• performed with little or no delay
  • an immediate reply to my letter
    
  • a prompt reply
    
  • was quick to respond
    
  • a straightaway denial
    

• ready and willing or quick to act;
  • she is always prompt to help her friends
    

• according to schedule or without delay; on time
  • the train is prompt
    

Noun

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

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
  • the audience could hear his prompting
    

Verb

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• serve as the inciting cause of
  • She prompted me to call my relatives
    

• give an incentive for action
  • This moved me to sacrifice my career
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  immediate , quick , straightaway , command prompt , prompting , remind , cue , inspire , instigate , motivate , actuate , propel , move , incite