prompter

[promp-ter] / ˈprɒmp tər /

ADJECTIVE

early, responsive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

efficient expeditious immediate instantaneous precise punctual quick rapid speedy swift timely

STRONG

alert brisk eager instant ready smart willing

WEAK

apt on the ball on the button on the dot on the nose on time unhesitating vigilant watchful wide-awake

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delayed late later slow sluggish tardy

STRONG

apathetic lethargic unprepared unwilling

WEAK

negligent

Example Sentences

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Those accounts accused Harris of making use of the prompter to answer questions from the audience, asked in English and Spanish, causing Univision producers to set the record straight late Thursday night.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

I'd like to see how she performs more off the cuff and without an ability to read from the prompter.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

“Now they’re back safely in their joke holes, doing what they do best: making my prompter word screen full of good and haha.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Then, reading off a prompter in the back of the room, Biden turned his attention to the first soccer player honored as a Medal of Freedom recipient.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

I have fallen these last years on evil days, physically speaking, and have to do things only when and as I rather difficultly can, and not after a prompter fashion.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry