prompt

/pɹɒmpt/noun

A signal or message that reminds you to do or say something.

Example sentences

“When the login prompt appears, type your username.”
“The actor forgot his line and needed a prompt from offstage.”

Now core tech vocabulary: the text you type to an AI is a prompt. The adjective sense survives in 'a prompt reply'.

Synonyms for prompt

cue
reminder
signal
hint

Related words

belatedArriving or done after the proper or expected time.elicitTo draw out a reaction, answer, or feeling from someone.induceTo persuade someone to act, or to cause something to happen.punctualArriving or doing things exactly at the agreed time.proneLikely to suffer from something or to behave in a certain way, usually something bad.promotionThe act of spreading information about something to make it more popular or well known.