MOTIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • motivation (what does motivation mean?)
   • need (what does need mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • we did not understand his motivation
   • he acted with the best of motives
   Hypernyms(s) motive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • psychological feature (what does psychological feature mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • life (what does life mean?)
   • rational motive (what does rational motive mean?)
   • irrational motive (what does irrational motive mean?)
   • urge (what does urge mean?)
   • impulse (what does impulse mean?)
   • ethical motive (what does ethical motive mean?)
   • ethics (what does ethics mean?)
   • morals (what does morals mean?)
   • morality (what does morality mean?)
   • psychic energy (what does psychic energy mean?)
   • mental energy (what does mental energy mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • motivate (what does motivate mean?)
   • actuate (what does actuate mean?)
   • propel (what does propel mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • prompt (what does prompt mean?)
   • incite (what does incite mean?)
   • motivate (what does motivate mean?)
   • actuate (what does actuate mean?)
   • propel (what does propel mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • prompt (what does prompt mean?)
   • incite (what does incite mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
   Synonym(s)
   • motif (what does motif mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) motive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • theme (what does theme mean?)
   • melodic theme (what does melodic theme mean?)
   • musical theme (what does musical theme mean?)
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • obbligato (what does obbligato mean?)
   • obligato (what does obligato mean?)