1. (noun)motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior Synonyms: indigence, need, motivating, demand, pauperization, want, motive, motivation, pauperism, motif, penury Antonyms: noncausal, noncausative
2. (noun)motif, motive a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music Synonyms: motivation, motive, motif, need, theme Antonyms: noncausal, noncausative
3. (adj)motif, motive a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration Synonyms: motivation, motive, motif, need, theme Antonyms: noncausal, noncausative
4. (adj)motive(a), motor causing or able to cause motion Antonyms: noncausative, noncausal
5. (adj)motivative(a), motive(a), motivating impelling to action Antonyms: noncausal, noncausative
Synonyms and Antonyms of motive 
