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

Diesel even mocked the script rolling across the prompter that Universal had put together for the actor to read about the movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

He certainly seemed more comfortable Tuesday in the mode of expansive, backslapping master of ceremonies than he ever has reciting his staffers’ text from the prompter.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2020

Debora watched each actor, listened for each word and cue the prompter gave them with an absorbed intensity she was scarcely conscious of.

From A Maid of Many Moods by Sheard, Virna