Synonyms of the word

motivative

• adj. motivating; serving to motivate.
• adj. (grammar) In, marked by or pertaining to the motivative case.
• n. (grammar) The motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning…

causative

• adj. acting as a cause.
• adj. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation.
• n. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in…

motivating

• adj. Effectively providing an incentive.
• v. present participle of motivate.

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.