Synonyms for Motivate:

• n.

  •
  • incline,
  • inflame,
  • mold,
  • enter,
  • condition,
  • implant,
  • hold sway.
  •
  • animate,
  • cheer.

• v.

  •activate (verb)
  • take out mothballs,
  • sets motion,
  • took out of mothballs,
  • taking out mothballs,
  • actifies,
  • takes out mothballs,
  • actifying,
  • switches on,
  • actified,
  • taking out of mothballs,
  • set motion,
  • took out mothballs,
  • setting motion,
  • takes out of mothballs.
  •act on (verb)
  • following upon,
  • follows up on,
  • follows upon,
  • followed upon,
  • followed up on,
  • following up on,
  • following on.
  •actuate (verb)
  • putting to,
  • ex cite,
  • ex-cites,
  • working in to lather,
  • keys up,
  • work in to lather,
  • ex citing,
  • working into lather,
  • wrought in to lather,
  • works into lather,
  • works in to lather,
  • worked in to lather,
  • keying up,
  • ex-cite,
  • puts to,
  • ex-cited,
  • putting up to,
  • ex cited,
  • worked into lather,
  • puts up to,
  • firing up,
  • ex cites,
  • wrought into lather.
  •aid (verb)
  • endow,
  • sustain,
  • minister,
  • facilitate,
  • abet,
  • mother,
  • attend,
  • relieve,
  • serve,
  • encourage,
  • help,
  • benefit,
  • support,
  • assist,
  • foster,
  • tend,
  • aid,
  • fund.
  •begin (verb)
  • plunges in to,
  • gat going,
  • under-taken,
  • setting about,
  • intro duce,
  • intro duces,
  • bring pass,
  • under-taking,
  • makes active,
  • laid foundation for,
  • intro-duce,
  • go in to,
  • gave impulse,
  • pre pares,
  • giving birth to,
  • be ginning,
  • intro-duces,
  • gets going,
  • enter up on,
  • under taken,
  • breaks ground,
  • made active,
  • under took,
  • pro duces,
  • pre pare,
  • pre-pares,
  • brake ground,
  • gotten going,
  • under take,
  • under takes,
  • plunge in to,
  • making active,
  • plunging into,
  • under-take,
  • pre-pared,
  • under taking,
  • laying foundation for,
  • broke ground,
  • be gun,
  • embarking on,
  • lays foundation for,
  • gives impulse,
  • under-took,
  • break ice,
  • pro-duces,
  • giving impulse,
  • pre-paring,
  • plunging in to,
  • pre paring,
  • plunged into,
  • pre pared,
  • pro duce,
  • be-gun,
  • plunges into,
  • plunged in to,
  • sets about,
  • pre-pare,
  • under-takes,
  • be-ginning.
  •cause (verb)
  • execute,
  • force,
  • effect,
  • engineer,
  • enforce,
  • evoke,
  • elicit,
  • engender,
  • make,
  • originate,
  • produce,
  • generate,
  • act,
  • bring about,
  • give rise to.
  •compel (verb)
  • dictate,
  • stress,
  • nag,
  • goad,
  • browbeat,
  • oblige,
  • coerce,
  • press,
  • propel,
  • daunt,
  • mandate,
  • compel,
  • spark,
  • bully,
  • hijack,
  • urge,
  • bulldoze,
  • intimidate.
  •dispose (verb)
  • pre-disposed,
  • dis-pose,
  • dis tribute,
  • dis-posing,
  • calls the tune,
  • putting foot down,
  • put rights,
  • puts foot down,
  • puts one foot down,
  • called the tune,
  • calling tune,
  • call tune,
  • making willing,
  • dis-posed,
  • in-cline,
  • pro-moting,
  • lays down law,
  • puts rights,
  • dis-tribute,
  • pre dispose,
  • lays down the law,
  • putting to rights,
  • laid down law,
  • calls tune,
  • in-clines,
  • makes willing,
  • calling the tune,
  • setting order,
  • in clines,
  • dis pose,
  • laying down the law,
  • pro-mote,
  • reads riot act,
  • reads the riot act,
  • made willing,
  • puts ones foot down,
  • in cline,
  • putting ones foot down,
  • setting in order,
  • put one foot down,
  • set order,
  • pre disposes,
  • pre-disposing,
  • putting rights,
  • puts to rights,
  • pro moting,
  • reading riot act,
  • reading the riot act,
  • sets order,
  • dis-tributes,
  • pre disposing,
  • laying down law,
  • pre-disposes,
  • puts one's foot down,
  • pro-motes,
  • dis posing,
  • laid down the law,
  • dis posed,
  • pre-dispose,
  • dis tributes,
  • sets in order,
  • putting one foot down,
  • lay down law,
  • putting one's foot down,
  • called tune,
  • put ones foot down.
  •drive (verb)
  • over worked,
  • acting up on,
  • acting upon,
  • steamrolls,
  • over-burdens,
  • over works,
  • over-worked,
  • leaned on,
  • works on,
  • acts up on,
  • over working,
  • acted up on,
  • wrought on,
  • over burden,
  • over-work,
  • acts upon,
  • over-burdened,
  • over work,
  • over burdens,
  • act up on,
  • steamrolling,
  • over burdening,
  • spirited up,
  • leant on,
  • over-burdening,
  • leans on,
  • over-works,
  • spiriting up,
  • over burdened,
  • steamrolled,
  • spirits up,
  • over-working.
  •energize (verb)
  • livens up,
  • activizing,
  • livening up,
  • activized,
  • jazzed up,
  • activizes,
  • juices up,
  • puts zip in to,
  • livened up,
  • putting zip into,
  • innervates,
  • innervating,
  • pumps up,
  • put zip in to,
  • putting zip in to,
  • starts up,
  • juicing up,
  • in nervate,
  • starting up,
  • jazzing up,
  • innervated,
  • jazzes up,
  • puts zip into,
  • in-nervate.
  •galvanize (verb)
  • Commoved,
  • commoves.
  •impel (verb)
  • re-quire,
  • re quires,
  • re quiring,
  • re-quires,
  • re quired,
  • re quire,
  • re-quiring,
  • re-quired.
  •incite (verb)
  • in flamed,
  • talking into,
  • fanning fire,
  • in flame,
  • in-cite,
  • fanning the fire,
  • fans the fire,
  • talks into,
  • co axing,
  • in citing,
  • sets off,
  • in-citing,
  • fan fire,
  • in-flames,
  • fanned fire,
  • co-axing,
  • in flaming,
  • gotten to,
  • gat to,
  • fans fire,
  • talked into,
  • talking in to,
  • talked in to,
  • in-cites,
  • talk in to,
  • fanned the fire,
  • in-flame,
  • in cite,
  • talks in to,
  • in cites,
  • in-cited,
  • in cited,
  • co axed,
  • co-axed,
  • in-flamed.
  •induce (verb)
  • soft-soaps,
  • twists one's arm,
  • sucking in,
  • twists arm,
  • softsoap,
  • sweettalk,
  • softsoaping,
  • sells on,
  • pro-curing,
  • prevails upon,
  • selling on,
  • drawing in,
  • twist one arm,
  • in duce,
  • argued in to,
  • pro cures,
  • softsoaped,
  • twisting one arm,
  • pro cured,
  • twisted one arm,
  • in duces,
  • twisted arm,
  • selling one on,
  • pro-cures,
  • twists one arm,
  • pro cure,
  • pro curing,
  • softsoaps,
  • prevail up on,
  • in-duce,
  • sucks in,
  • twisted ones arm,
  • twisting arm,
  • sold one on,
  • argued into,
  • argues into,
  • twisting ones arm,
  • argues in to,
  • twist ones arm,
  • soft soaping,
  • pro-cure,
  • soft soaped,
  • twisted one's arm,
  • twisting one's arm,
  • in-duces,
  • argue in to,
  • sells one on,
  • pro-cured,
  • twists ones arm,
  • draws in.
  •influence (verb)
  • master,
  • power,
  • influence,
  • bias,
  • prejudice,
  • predominate,
  • command,
  • pressure,
  • affect,
  • empower,
  • control,
  • sway,
  • authorize.
  •inspire (verb)
  • in stilled,
  • gives one idea,
  • in-fused,
  • in fuses,
  • in fusing,
  • giving one idea,
  • in fused,
  • gives impetus,
  • give an idea,
  • being responsible for,
  • gives idea,
  • in forms,
  • am responsible for,
  • in-spired,
  • giving impetus,
  • in-forms,
  • gave idea,
  • re-assure,
  • re-assured,
  • in spires,
  • starts off,
  • give idea,
  • in spire,
  • in form,
  • was responsible for,
  • in-spires,
  • gives an idea,
  • gave one idea,
  • in-spiring,
  • in-fusing,
  • in-stilling,
  • in-spire,
  • in stilling,
  • re assured,
  • starting off,
  • giving one an idea,
  • in-fuse,
  • re assures,
  • wert responsible for,
  • in-forming,
  • wast responsible for,
  • re-assures,
  • art responsible for,
  • in-stilled,
  • re-assuring,
  • re assure,
  • gave one an idea,
  • give one idea,
  • were responsible for,
  • gave an idea,
  • in-fuses,
  • giving idea,
  • gave impetus,
  • in spired,
  • in forming,
  • in spiring,
  • are responsible for,
  • in fuse,
  • gives one an idea,
  • giving an idea.
  •inspirit (verb)
  • psyching up,
  • re-vivifies,
  • gives shot in arm,
  • props up,
  • re store,
  • giving shot arm,
  • in spirit,
  • re-vivifying,
  • enheartening,
  • in-spirits,
  • re vivifying,
  • re storing,
  • gave shot in arm,
  • re vivify,
  • give shot arm,
  • gave shot arm,
  • psychs up,
  • in spiriting,
  • in spirited,
  • giving shot in arm,
  • re-storing,
  • re-vivified,
  • re-stores,
  • re stores,
  • re-stored,
  • gives shot arm,
  • re vivified,
  • in-spirit,
  • re-vivify,
  • in-spiriting,
  • re stored,
  • in-spirited,
  • enheartened,
  • enheartens,
  • re vivifies.
  •lead (verb)
  • pre-vails,
  • presides over,
  • got jump on,
  • getting jump on,
  • pre-vail,
  • gotten the jump on,
  • super vised,
  • went out front,
  • gotten jump on,
  • pre vail,
  • trail blazing,
  • super vise,
  • gat jump on,
  • pre-vailed,
  • pre vailed,
  • trail blaze,
  • quarterbacked,
  • pre vailing,
  • get jump on,
  • trailblazed,
  • goes out in front,
  • went out in front,
  • gets the jump on,
  • super-vised,
  • getting the jump on,
  • gets jump on,
  • trail blazes,
  • presiding over,
  • super vising,
  • going out front,
  • going out in front,
  • super-vise,
  • pre vails,
  • runs things,
  • goes out front,
  • trail blazed,
  • got the jump on,
  • gat the jump on,
  • trailblazes,
  • ran things,
  • go out front.
  •motivate (verb)
  • ram,
  • magnetize,
  • launch,
  • bump,
  • strike,
  • poke,
  • entice,
  • catapult,
  • hurl,
  • shove,
  • punch,
  • thrust,
  • shoot,
  • ferment,
  • throw,
  • heave,
  • jolt,
  • pitch,
  • knock,
  • fling,
  • fire,
  • sling,
  • nudge,
  • lob,
  • jog,
  • move,
  • hurtle,
  • jerk,
  • jostle,
  • instigate.
  •pique (verb)
  • ex asperates,
  • dis please,
  • giving hard time,
  • ex-asperated,
  • getting a rise out of,
  • gave the business,
  • gets rise out of,
  • gets a rise out of,
  • made waves,
  • give hard time,
  • gat a rise out of,
  • ex-asperating,
  • gat rise out of,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • getting rise out of,
  • gave business,
  • gives the business,
  • in censes,
  • giving business,
  • dis pleased,
  • making waves,
  • dis pleasing,
  • gotten rise out of,
  • got rise out of,
  • got a rise out of,
  • dis pleases,
  • gave a hard time,
  • ex asperating,
  • dis-please,
  • in-censed,
  • in-censing,
  • give business,
  • in censed,
  • in cense,
  • in-censes,
  • in-cense,
  • dis-pleases,
  • ex asperate,
  • gotten a rise out of,
  • gives hard time,
  • ex-asperates,
  • gives business,
  • dis-pleased,
  • gives a hard time,
  • get rise out of,
  • ex-asperate,
  • giving the business.
  •prime (verb)
  • makes ready,
  • co-ached,
  • co-aching,
  • re-hearse,
  • co aching,
  • co ached,
  • re-hearses,
  • re hearses.
  •prod (verb)
  • re minding,
  • re-minding,
  • jogged memory,
  • re-minded,
  • re minds,
  • jogs memory,
  • siccing,
  • re-minds,
  • re mind,
  • re-mind,
  • jogging memory.
  •prompt (verb)
  • pro pose,
  • pro-posing,
  • calls forth,
  • pro-pose,
  • pro posed,
  • re-freshes,
  • re-fresh,
  • re freshes,
  • helps out,
  • pro posing,
  • helping out.
  •provoke (verb)
  • be stir,
  • drew forth,
  • innerves,
  • brings to ones feet,
  • be stirring,
  • brought ones feet,
  • bring to ones feet,
  • bringing feet,
  • brought to one feet,
  • brought one's feet,
  • bringing to feet,
  • bringing to one's feet,
  • brought one feet,
  • be stirred,
  • bring one feet,
  • draws forth,
  • bringing to one feet,
  • suscitates,
  • brings ones feet,
  • bring to one feet,
  • brought to one's feet,
  • Suscitating,
  • in nerve,
  • brings one feet,
  • brought to feet,
  • be-stir,
  • bring feet,
  • brought feet,
  • be stirs,
  • be-stirring,
  • in-nerve,
  • bringing ones feet,
  • bring to feet,
  • bringing one's feet,
  • bring one's feet,
  • bring ones feet,
  • be-stirred,
  • bringing to ones feet,
  • brings to one feet,
  • Suscitated,
  • brought to ones feet,
  • be-stirs,
  • in-nerves,
  • brings one's feet,
  • in-nerving,
  • in-nerved,
  • brings to one's feet,
  • titivates,
  • brings to feet,
  • in nerves,
  • in nerved,
  • in nerving,
  • brings feet,
  • bringing one feet.
  •push (verb)
  • overpressing,
  • going to town on,
  • going town on,
  • exerted influence,
  • went town on,
  • poured on,
  • pouring on,
  • over presses,
  • strongarm,
  • over press,
  • poured it on,
  • goes town on,
  • went to town on,
  • over-pressed,
  • pouring it on,
  • over pressed,
  • go town on,
  • overpresses,
  • overpressed,
  • goes to town on,
  • speeds up,
  • over-pressing,
  • puts screws to,
  • over-press,
  • exerts influence,
  • over pressing,
  • pushed around,
  • puts the screws to,
  • over-presses,
  • putting the screws to,
  • putting screws to,
  • pours on.
  •quicken (verb)
  • in-creases,
  • dis-patched,
  • dis-patch,
  • vivificated,
  • vivificating,
  • in-creased,
  • re vitalize,
  • re-vitalized,
  • dis patches,
  • re-vitalizing,
  • in-crease,
  • dis-patching,
  • making haste,
  • in crease,
  • makes haste,
  • in creases,
  • re-vitalize,
  • dis-patches,
  • dis patching,
  • in creasing,
  • vivificates,
  • dis patched,
  • re vitalized,
  • re-vitalizes,
  • re vitalizing,
  • re vitalizes,
  • dis patch.
  •raise (verb)
  • putting forward,
  • setting on,
  • sets on.
  •stimulate (verb)
  • builded fire under,
  • builded a fire under,
  • built a fire under,
  • getting one started,
  • getting one going,
  • gets started,
  • dynamized,
  • dynamizing,
  • steams up,
  • gotten one started,
  • building fire under,
  • gat one started,
  • build fire under,
  • gat one going,
  • got one going,
  • got one started,
  • builds fire under,
  • wakes up,
  • gat started,
  • got started,
  • dynamizes,
  • gets one started,
  • getting started,
  • building a fire under,
  • gotten started,
  • gotten one going,
  • gets one going,
  • builds a fire under,
  • built fire under.
  •stir (verb)
  • feeding fire,
  • feeding the fire,
  • adjied,
  • fed the fire,
  • adjying,
  • feed fire,
  • adjies,
  • fed fire,
  • feeds the fire,
  • stirred embers,
  • stirring embers,
  • feeds fire,
  • adds fuel fire,
  • adds fuel to fire,
  • stirs embers.
  •tempt (verb)
  • playing up to,
  • de coying,
  • de-coys,
  • turns head,
  • makes mouth water,
  • turned head,
  • turns ones head,
  • mousetrapping,
  • plays to,
  • turning one's head,
  • de coyed,
  • appeals to,
  • de coys,
  • turn head,
  • turning head,
  • played up to,
  • turning one head,
  • turning ones head,
  • appealing to,
  • turned one's head,
  • turns one head,
  • mousetrapped,
  • plays up to,
  • de-coy,
  • de coy,
  • de-coying,
  • turned ones head,
  • making mouth water,
  • turn one head,
  • playing to,
  • played to,
  • turns one's head,
  • turned one head,
  • de-coyed,
  • turn ones head,
  • play to,
  • in vite,
  • made mouth water.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pull,
  • fascinate,
  • persuade,
  • mesmerize,
  • engage,
  • seduce,
  • intrigue,
  • electrify,
  • rub off,
  • hook,
  • teach,
  • wean off,
  • dangle,
  • captivate,
  • hypnotize,
  • kindle,
  • thrill,
  • urge on,
  • sell,
  • poach,
  • consume,
  • enthrall,
  • titillate,
  • push for,
  • amuse,
  • engross,
  • do for,
  • pulsate,
  • enchant,
  • delight,
  • intercede,
  • rope in,
  • chivvy,
  • transfix,
  • goad on,
  • dare,
  • suborn,
  • reason with,
  • knock out,
  • corral,
  • sweep along,
  • predispose,
  • grip,
  • attract,
  • incentivize,
  • interest,
  • dazzle,
  • grab,
  • bewitch,
  • blow away,
  • exhort,
  • turn on,
  • throw back on,
  • psych up,
  • angle for,
  • cajole,
  • exhilarate,
  • whip into,
  • pump up,
  • tantalize,
  • prevail on,
  • spur.
  •
  • frighten,
  • wow,
  • lure,
  • get around,
  • arrest,
  • nail down,
  • draw out,
  • pervert,
  • plead,
  • entrance,
  • involve,
  • embolden,
  • rouse,
  • convince,
  • govern,
  • stir into,
  • civilize,
  • humanize.
  •
  • start,
  • start-off,
  • lobby,
  • mobilize,
  • excite.
  •
  • appeal,
  • campaign.
  •
  • absorb,
  • rule,
  • commit.
  •
  • corrupt.
  •
  • work.
  •
  • get.
  •act on
  • followed on,
  • follows on,
  • follow on,
  • follow upon,
  • follow up on.
  •begin
  • plunge into,
  • introduce,
  • initiate,
  • enter upon,
  • make active,
  • originates,
  • give birth to,
  • give impulse,
  • founding,
  • got going,
  • Originating,
  • set about,
  • sets up,
  • set up,
  • break ground,
  • Initiating,
  • went ahead,
  • occasions,
  • get going,
  • Instituting,
  • lay foundation for,
  • eventuate,
  • breaking ground,
  • gives birth to,
  • getting going,
  • gave birth to,
  • establish.
  •cause
  • be at the bottom of,
  • gives rise to,
  • get things rolling,
  • giving rise to,
  • gave rise to,
  • hatch,
  • evoked,
  • resulting in,
  • result in,
  • think up,
  • sow the seeds,
  • leads to,
  • lead to,
  • start the ball rolling,
  • resulted in,
  • start ball rolling,
  • leading to,
  • thought up,
  • makes up,
  • led to,
  • sow seeds.
  •energize
  • activize,
  • juice up,
  • juiced up,
  • jazz up,
  • put zip into,
  • innervate,
  • pumped up,
  • vitalize,
  • pumping up,
  • started up,
  • start up,
  • liven up.
  •inspirit
  • give shot in arm,
  • in spirits,
  • propped up,
  • propping up,
  • prop up,
  • psyched up,
  • Enhearten.
  •Other relevant words:
  • make a motion,
  • summon,
  • obtain,
  • enrage,
  • touch off,
  • incense,
  • entreat,
  • alter,
  • pester,
  • infuriate,
  • aggravate,
  • rile,
  • manipulate,
  • draw on,
  • demand,
  • beg,
  • go,
  • egg,
  • bring on,
  • kick start,
  • predetermine,
  • pump,
  • get steamed up,
  • hop up,
  • require,
  • put in motion,
  • determine,
  • exasperate,
  • give life to,
  • rally,
  • plague,
  • promote,
  • locomote,
  • sound,
  • whet,
  • harass,
  • Superinduce,
  • draw,
  • pressurize,
  • further,
  • set afoot,
  • invigorate,
  • anger,
  • egg on,
  • high pressure,
  • madden,
  • ignite,
  • exact,
  • hound,
  • ask,
  • push off,
  • occasion,
  • inveigle,
  • cue,
  • suggest,
  • advance,
  • travel,
  • Importune,
  • push on,
  • forward,
  • prick,
  • proceed,
  • procure,
  • come,
  • drive on,
  • rise,
  • give incentive,
  • galvanise,
  • rise out of,
  • modify,
  • heat,
  • bring,
  • cultivate,
  • pep up,
  • badger,
  • shake up,
  • awaken,
  • be active,
  • change,
  • bend,
  • whip on,
  • impress,
  • play upon,
  • arouse,
  • set going,
  • displace,
  • obsess,
  • whip up,
  • prevail upon,
  • constrain,
  • waken,
  • give momentum,
  • Impassion,
  • enkindle,
  • agitate,
  • change location,
  • enliven,
  • energise,
  • draw down,
  • coax,
  • set astir,
  • fan the flames,
  • contrive,
  • run,
  • wake.

Paraphrases for Motivate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    motivating.
  • Proper noun, singular
    motivating.

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    encourage, inspire, promote, facilitate, impel, drive, push, engage.
  • Verb, base form
    encouraged, encourage, inspire, induce, mobilize, substantiate, promote, spur, justify, incentivize, mobilise, galvanize, entice, incentivise, arouse, propel, facilitate, explain, elicit, galvanise, energize, convince, persuade, urging, Urged, foster, fostering, generate, impel, invigorate, Catalyse, invite, drive, compel, activate, provoke, spark, initiate, instill, animate, tempt, empower, push, engage, precipitate, nurture, stir, jump-start, accelerate.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    incite.
  • Verb, base form
    incite.

Antonyms for Motivate:

• v.

  • stimulate, instigate
    discourage, stop, hinder, dishearten, bore, prevent, delay, quiet, repress, disconcert, halt, depress, slow, check, dissuade, retard, calm, dull.

Homophones for Motivate:

• meadow pipit, mud bath, midwife toad, motivity, montevideo, meet up with, modified, motivated, meadow beauty.