PROMPTER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

prompter

noun

Definition of prompter

as in provoker

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Recent Examples of prompter Sometimes, the accountability gap could be caused by an operator gap, the divide between AI's potential and the actual real-world performance with a human prompter. — Punnam Raju Manthena, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Everyone — even Trent [Reznor]’s thing — was on the prompter. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 As always, let the prompter beware. — ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026 Reading the prompter, ad libbing, and then going back to that script is hard as hell, man. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026 Zada believes that the power to keep AI outputs copyright clean lies in the hands of the prompter, meaning Secret Level forbids IP being cited in its text inputs. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026 Dokoupil thought he was next headed to a story about former VP nominee Tim Walz, but the lineup in the prompter had another idea — as did the graphics prompt, evidently. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026 When the clip ended, Goldberg addressed a prior issue with the show's prompter. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025

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Noun

The Saudis did not blame any party for the attacks, but Houthi rebels took credit earlier for the airport strikes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Attacks by the Houthis, the Yemeni rebel group, on commercial shipping in the Red Sea over the last three years have pushed major carriers around the Cape of Good Hope, boosting traffic at ports along Africa’s southern and western coasts.

— Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Messina Touring Group, the promoter, said that Kraft — a friend of Sheeran — would not allow the tour to play his venues if Macklemore remained on the bill.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Two vocal supporters of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra filed a formal campaign finance complaint against his rival, Steve Hilton, on Tuesday over the Republican campaign’s use of paid online promoters.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of promoter

Noun

They’re seen as oligarchs, as the people with wealth and power, controlling our lives—not as outsider insurgents.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Others look further back to early and sporadic insurgent activity in 1964, before the UDI, or to 1965, the year of the UDI (November 11) itself.

— Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of insurgent

Noun

Hiller plays Aldrict, an old-world vampire who has crossed paths with Liz several times over the centuries and is a bit of a troublemaker.

— Peter White, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Speaking at the 9/11 memorial ceremony, the son of one of the victims, in an impassioned plea, called on troublemakers to stop using the day to spread Islamophobia and hate.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of troublemaker

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Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Bethsaida, close to Jesus' ministry in Capernaum, was once the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of apostle

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If boosters can improve NIL salaries – Northwestern is said to have half of Ohio State's $50-$55M NIL budget – watch out.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
To add an extra flourish to the launch triple-header, SpaceX returned both Falcon 9 boosters to their launch sites in Florida and California and landed both side boosters from Falcon Heavy back at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of booster

Noun

Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said the results showed opportunities for improvement, but cautioned against alarmist interpretations.

— Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026
And sure, six to eight weeks of emergency supplies might sound a little alarmist — maybe borderline doomsday prep-y.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of alarmist

Noun

The last of them, a 12-year campaign against ISIS, sought to dismantle the Sunni extremist group that carved out territory across Syria and Iraq in the mid-2010s.

— Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
The caption on the video claims that a group of Muslim extremists kidnapped and beheaded a Christian man for refusing to convert to Islam.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of extremist

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