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, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'motive'
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1. motive The efficient cause, that which makes anything to be or be done, is the common meaning of the word, as in the saying "There is no effect without a cause." Every man instinctively recognizes himse Synonyms: cause, actor, causality, designer, occasion, precedent, agent, causation, former, origin, reason, antecedent, condition, fountain, originator, source, author, creator, motive, power, spring Antonyms: consequence, development, end, fruit, outcome, product, creation, effect, event, issue, outgrowth, result
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