Primal drive

Synonyms for "primal drive" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
ambitionanimalistic instinctsbasic impulsebasic motive

Strong matches (6)

Adjective(5 words)
biological urgedriving forcefundamental impulseimpulseinherent motive
Noun(1 words)
id

Related words (9)

Adjective(7 words)
instinctintrinsic motivationnative urgepassionprimary driveraw urgeunrefined impulse
Adverb(1 words)
more animalistic tendencies
Noun(1 words)
reptilian brain

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries
biological motivedriveevolutionary driveimpulsemotivationmotiveurge

More specific

13 entries
ambition drivecaregiving drivecreative drivefood seeking drivehunger driveparental drivereckless urgereproductive driverisk taking drivesurvival driveterritorial drivethirst driveunrefined impulse

Collocations

9 entries
biological drivebiological primal driveinherent primal driveinnate primal driveinstinctual driveintense primal driveprimal drive mechanismprimal drive theorystrong primal drive

Inflections

3 entries
more primalmost primalprimal drives

Derivations

3 entries

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