Cue (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Synonyms

• Pool Stick
• Pool Cue
• Cue Stick

Meaning ²

An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

• The director carefully wrote the cue for the actor's entrance in the margin of the script.
• As she waited backstage, she listened for her cue to take the stage.
• The actor forgot to take the prop because he missed his cue in the dialogue.
• The stage manager whispered the cue to the actor just before the scene began.
• The actor's cue was supposed to be the other character's line "Hello, welcome home," but she didn't hear it clearly.

Hypernyms

• Words
• Speech

Hyponyms

• Prompting

Related Words

• Cue (verb)

Meaning ³

Evidence that helps to solve a problem.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Clue
• Clew

Hypernyms

• Evidence

Hyponyms

• Sign
• Mark

Meaning ⁴

A stimulus that provides information about what to do.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Discriminative Stimulus

Hypernyms

• Stimulation
• Stimulant
• Input