MOTIVE

6 letters 11 Scrabble points /ˈməʊtɪv/

Definition of MOTIVE

noun

  1. An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.

  2. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.

    Synonyms: motivation

  3. A limb or other bodily organ that can move.

Related words: motif motivation
verb

  1. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

    Synonyms: motivate
Related words: motivate
adjective

  1. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move

    "a motive argument"

    Synonyms: moving

  2. Relating to motion and/or to its cause

    Synonyms: motional
Related words: motional moving

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters M O T I V E
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

Anagrams of MOTIVE

Words that use the same letters:

EVOMIT

Words Containing "MOTIVE"

AUTOMOTIVE COMMOTIVE ELECTROMOTIVE EMOTIVE EMOTIVELY EMOTIVENESS HYPEREMOTIVE HYPEREMOTIVELY IMMOTIVE LOCOMOTIVE LOCOMOTIVELY LOCOMOTIVEMAN LOCOMOTIVEMEN LOCOMOTIVENESS LOCOMOTIVES MAGNETOMOTIVE MANUMOTIVE MOTIVED MOTIVELESS MOTIVELESSLY

Words Starting with "MOTIVE"

MOTIVED MOTIVELESS MOTIVELESSLY MOTIVELESSNESS MOTIVENESS MOTIVES

Words Ending with "MOTIVE"

AUTOMOTIVE COMMOTIVE ELECTROMOTIVE EMOTIVE HYPEREMOTIVE IMMOTIVE LOCOMOTIVE MAGNETOMOTIVE MANUMOTIVE NONAUTOMOTIVE NONEMOTIVE NONPROMOTIVE PEDOMOTIVE PONDEROMOTIVE PROMOTIVE REMOTIVE SUBMOTIVE TERREMOTIVE THERMOMOTIVE UNEMOTIVE