Noun

• S: (n) 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) "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) life (a motive for living) "pottery was his life"
• S: (n) rational motive (a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument)
• S: (n) irrational motive (a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic)
• S: (n) urge, impulse (an instinctive motive) "profound religious impulses"
• S: (n) ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality (motivation based on ideas of right and wrong)
• S: (n) psychic energy, mental energy (an actuating force or factor)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) motivation (the condition of being motivated) "his motivation was at a high level"
• S: (n) motivation, motivating (the act of motivating; providing incentive)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form