Motivation

//ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "motivation" (80 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

activation activity actuation animation aptitude aptness brightness catalyst cleverness direction docility dynamics educability encouragement energization

Noun(1 words)

drive

Strong matches (24)

facility get up and go goad going ground impetus impressionability impulse incentive incitation incitement inducement influence inner-direction instigation intelligence kinematics kinesipathy kinesis kinesitherapy

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kinetics malleability

Adjective(1 words)

get-up-and-go

Noun(1 words)

inspiration

Related words (40)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

act condition deed human action human activity psychological feature status

Synonyms

7 entries

activation encouragement energization ground inducement reason theme

causes desire

2 entries

attend class study

derived

14 entries

antimotivation countermotivation demotivation extrinsic motivation intrinsic motivation letter of motivation motivational motivationless nonmotivation remotivation submotivation transmotivation undermotivation unmotivation

has context

1 entries

advertising

has property

1 entries

key to accomplishing

is a

4 entries

act condition mysterious force psychological feature

related to

7 entries

incentive motif motivate motivating motivational motive reason

Translations

106 translations across 57 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

motivering noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Albanian

1 entries

motivacion noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Arabic

2 entries

دافِع noun (something which motivates)
دَافِع noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Armenian

4 entries

մոտիվացիա noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
մոտիվացիա noun (reason for doing something)
շահագրգռություն noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
շահագրգռություն noun (reason for doing something)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

motivasiya noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Belarusian

1 entries

матыва́цыя noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Bulgarian

3 entries

мотива́ция noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
основание noun (reason for doing something)
подбу́да noun (something which motivates)

Catalan

4 entries

motivació noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivació noun (action of motivating)
motivació noun (something which motivates)
motivació noun (reason for doing something)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

動機 /动机 noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
推動力 /推动力 noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Corsican

3 entries

motivazione noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
mutivazione noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
mutivazioni noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Czech

1 entries

motivace noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Dutch

1 entries

motivatie noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Esperanto

1 entries

motivo noun (reason for doing something)

Estonian

1 entries

motivatsioon noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Finnish

3 entries

motivaatio noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivaatio noun (action of motivating)
motivaatio noun (reason for doing something)

French

1 entries

motivation noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Georgian

1 entries

მოტივაცია noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

German

2 entries

Motivation noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
Motivierung noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Greek

2 entries

κίνητρο noun (reason for doing something)
προθυμία noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Hebrew

1 entries

מוֹטִיבַצְיָה noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Hindi

4 entries

अभिप्रेरण noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
प्रेरणा noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
प्रेरणा noun (something which motivates)
प्रेरणा noun (reason for doing something)

Indonesian

2 entries

motivasi noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivasi noun (reason for doing something)

Irish

3 entries

inspreagadh noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
siocair noun (reason for doing something)
spreagadh noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Italian

1 entries

motivazione noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Japanese

2 entries

モチベーション noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
動機 noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Kazakh

3 entries

мотивация noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
ынта noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
ынта-жігер noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Korean

1 entries

동기 noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Latvian

1 entries

motivācija noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Lithuanian

1 entries

motyvacija noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Macedonian

1 entries

мотивација noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Malay

1 entries

motivasi noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Marathi

1 entries

स्फूर्ती noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Middle English

1 entries

chesoun noun (reason for doing something)

Māori

1 entries

whakahihikotanga noun (action of motivating)

Norman

1 entries

motivâtion noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

motivasjon noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

motivasjon noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Occitan

1 entries

motivacion noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Persian

4 entries

انگیزش noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
انگیزش noun (action of motivating)
انگیزه noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
انگیزه noun (something which motivates)

Polish

4 entries

motywacja noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motywacja noun (action of motivating)
motywacja noun (something which motivates)
motywacja noun (reason for doing something)

Portuguese

3 entries

motivação noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivação noun (something which motivates)
motivo noun (reason for doing something)

Romanian

2 entries

motivare noun (action of motivating)
motivație noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Russian

1 entries

мотива́ция noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Sardinian

2 entries

motivatzione noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivatzioni noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

motivácija noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivácija noun (action of motivating)
motivácija noun (something which motivates)
motivácija noun (reason for doing something)

Sicilian

1 entries

mutivazzioni noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Slovak

1 entries

motivácia noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Slovene

1 entries

motivacija noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Spanish

1 entries

motivación noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Swedish

1 entries

motivation noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Tagalog

2 entries

kagnyakan noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
saganyak noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Tajik

1 entries

ангезиш noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Thai

1 entries

แรงจูงใจ noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ṣarm noun (something which motivates)

Turkish

2 entries

güdü noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)
motivasyon noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Ukrainian

1 entries

мотива́ція noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Uzbek

1 entries

motivatsiya noun (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Without motivation, nothing can be achieved.

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All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.

Source: tatoeba (65650)

What makes life dreary is the want of motivation.

Source: tatoeba (270604)

He lacks motivation.

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