Definition for Motive:

• Causing motion; having power or tending to move.

Synonyms for Motive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • motor.

• n.

  •
  • attraction.
  •
  • excuse.
  •
  • device.
  •cause (noun)
  • compulsion,
  • determinant,
  • execution,
  • evocation,
  • compunction,
  • factor,
  • enforcement,
  • effectuation,
  • action,
  • elicitation,
  • source,
  • provocation,
  • force,
  • generation,
  • mainspring,
  • motivator,
  • basis,
  • origination.
  •desire (noun)
  • pruriency,
  • prurience.
  •incentive (noun)
  • incitement,
  • idea,
  • angle,
  • goal,
  • purpose,
  • inducement,
  • lure,
  • goad.
  •melody (noun)
  • harmoniousness,
  • melody,
  • tunefulness,
  • consonance,
  • song,
  • concord,
  • euphony,
  • ditty,
  • tune,
  • concert.
  •motive (noun)
  • enticement,
  • motivative,
  • catalyst,
  • fermentation,
  • causative,
  • fomentation,
  • energy,
  • goading,
  • motivating,
  • need,
  • magnetism,
  • trigger,
  • stimulation,
  • prompting,
  • propulsion,
  • facilitation,
  • fire,
  • motif,
  • induction.
  •reason (noun)
  • why.
  •sake (noun)
  • final cause.
  •stimulant (noun)
  • pick-me-up.
  •topic (noun)
  • point in question.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • kinetic,
  • pretext,
  • warrant,
  • justification.
  •
  • alibi.
  •
  • consideration,
  • apology.
  •
  • story.
  •
  • sense.

Paraphrases for Motive:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    incentive, motivator.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    routes, PATHWAYS, MSS, Paths.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    justification, impetus, objective, intent, driving, argument, basis, pretext, matter, drive, stimulus, propulsion, excuse, engine, factor, motor.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    motivation, intention, reasoning, cause, explanation, momentum.

Antonyms for Motive:

• n.

  • reason, purpose
    discouragement, hindrance, neglect, thoughtlessness, deterrent.
  • Other antonyms:
    event, fruit, outcome, noncausal, creation, interjection, development, issue, noncausative, digression, outgrowth, end, aside, excursion, effect, consequence, product, result, tangent, parenthesis.

Homophones for Motive:

• mat up, mud pie, motif, meditative, man and wife, matt-up, mouth bow, matte up, Minamata Bay, monotype, mid-off, muddy up, manitoba, mount up, meadow pea, made-up, meat pie, mud puppy, mouth off, midwife, mdiv, modify, mudhif, mutative.