Prompt
Prompt verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
How words are described
| old | old prompt | old stop |
| brief | brief prompt | brief stop |
| short | short prompt | short stop |
| following | following prompt | following stop |
| Other adjectives: single, little, automatic, final, next, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Unfortunately, the incident doesn't prompt him to stop, instead he just blames Obi-Wan Kenobi for turning her against him.
Source: Kick the Morality Pet -
Genre Savvy: In "Chili Sauce", Morris tells Jerome in an aside to prompt Morris to stop wooing on a girl by the number 17.
Source: Music / Prince's Associates -
The game will prompt you that performing a certain action will make all members of a faction permanently hostile, and give you the option to stop or go on with the action.
Source: Point of No Return
Cite this Source
Stop and Prompt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prompt/stop
Prompt & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prompt/stop>.
Stop or Prompt. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/prompt/stop.
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