motive (n.)
- activating
- active
- aim
- ambition
- angle
- animus
- antecedent
- argument
- aspiration
- attraction
- basis
- burden
- case
- cause
- chapter
- concern
- consideration
- counsel
- desideratum
- design
- desire
- determinant
- determination
- device
- directive
- driving
- effect
- emotion
- end
- enticement
- essence
- feeling
- figure
- function
- gist
- goad
- goal
- grounds
- head
- heading
- idea
- incentive
- incitement
- inducement
- influence
- intent
- intention
- issue
- leitmotiv
- lure
- matter
- meaning
- meat
- mind
- mobile
- motif
- motile
- motivating
- motivation
- motor
- nisus
- object
- objective
- operative
- passion
- pattern
- phrase
- plan
- point
- pressing
- problem
- prod
- project
- propellant
- proposal
- prospectus
- pulsive
- purpose
- pushing
- question
- rationale
- reason
- resolution
- resolve
- rubric
- sake
- spring
- spur
- stimulation
- stimulus
- stirring
- striving
- study
- subject
- substance
- text
- theme
- thrusting
- topic
- traveling
- urge
- urgent
- view
- will
motive (adj.)
- activating
- active
- actuating
- angle
- animating
- antecedent
- case
- causal
- causative
- compelling
- determinant
- directive
- driving
- effect
- end
- essence
- feeling
- figure
- head
- impellent
- impelling
- impulsive
- inducive
- intent
- kinetic
- meaning
- mind
- mobile
- motile
- motivating
- motivational
- motor
- moving
- objective
- operative
- plan
- point
- pressing
- propellant
- propelling
- propulsive
- pulsive
- purpose
- question
- resolution
- stirring
- subject
- topic
- transitional
- urgent
- will
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,—
Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Iago's soliloquy, the motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity—how awful it is!
