Synonyms of the word

morals

• n. plural of moral.

ethics

• n. (philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
• n. Morality.
• n. The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.

morality

• n. (uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect…
• n. (countable) A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable…
• n. (countable) A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether…
• n. (countable, archaic) A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
• n. (uncountable, rare) Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of…
• n. (countable, rare) A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good,…

motivation

• n. Willingness of action especially in behavior.
• n. The action of motivating.
• n. Something which motivates.
• n. An incentive or reason for doing something.
• n. (advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial…

motive

• n. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine…
• n. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything…
• n. (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
• n. (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
• n. (architecture, fine arts) A motif.
• n. (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
• v. (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
• adj. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move.
• adj. Relating to motion and/or to its cause.

need

• n. (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
• n. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
• v. (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
• v. (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
• v. (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
• v. (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).