The carrot and the stick are well known motivational tools.
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Motivational
Synonyms for "motivational" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 29 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- motivacional adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Belarusian
1 entries- матывацы́йны adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мотивационен adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Chinese
1 entries- 勵志 /励志 adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 勵志 /励志 adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 勵志 /励志 adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Czech
1 entries- motivační adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Finnish
3 entries- innostava adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- motivoiva adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- ryhdistävä adj (tending or intended to motivate)
French
2 entries- incitatif adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- motivationnel adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Galician
1 entries- motivacional adj (tending or intended to motivate)
German
4 entries- anregend adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- anspornend adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- ermutigend adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- motivierend adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रेरक adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Hungarian
1 entries- motivációs adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Italian
2 entries- motivazionale adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- pulsionale adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Japanese
1 entries- 動機付けの adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Kazakh
2 entries- уәждемелі adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- уәждемелік adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Macedonian
1 entries- мотивациски adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Persian
1 entries- برانگیزشی adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Polish
1 entries- motywacyjny adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Portuguese
1 entries- motivacional adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Romanian
1 entries- motivațional adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Russian
2 entries- мотивацио́нный adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- мотивиро́вочный adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- motivacijski adj (tending or intended to motivate)
- мотивацијски adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Slovak
1 entries- motivačný adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Slovene
1 entries- motivacijski adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Spanish
1 entries- motivacional adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Swedish
1 entries- motiverande adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Turkish
1 entries- güdüsel adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мотиваці́йний adj (tending or intended to motivate)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom listens to inspirational CDs, and has a list of motivational quotes on the back of his bedroom door.
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Tom often posts motivational quotes on Facebook.
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I'm a motivational speaker.
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