cue

1. 1.

   assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

   Synonymspromptremind

   Broaderinform

Other forms of cue

plural

cues·

past tense

cued·

present participle

cuing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cue

What does cue mean?

cue means "an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cue?

cue has 1 syllable: cue. In IPA it is /ˈkju/.

What is another word for cue?

Close synonyms include clue, clew, discriminative stimulus, cue stick, pool cue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cue a common word?

cue is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cue?

5 words rhyme with cue. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.