<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.</li><li>Synonyms: cause, ground, occasion, influence, spur, stimulus, incitement, motivation.</li><li>The goal or object of a person's actions: Her motive was revenge.</li><li>(In art, literature, and music) a motif.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Causing, or tending to cause, motion.</li><li>Pertaining to motion.</li><li>Prompting to action.</li><li>Constituting a motive or motives.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Motivated, motivating: to motivate.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>