All motivate synonyms

verb motivate

• prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
• inspire — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
• propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
• trigger — a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
• galvanize — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
• spark — Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918–2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
• provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
• spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
• persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
• incline — to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.
• actuate — If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
• pique — a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords.
• arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
• quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• suggest — to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
• incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• dispose — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
• goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
• predetermine — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
• whet — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• fire — combustion
• induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
• inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
• sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
• bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
• impel — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
• predispose — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
• goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
• innervate — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
• egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
• innerve — to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
• touch off — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
• stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
• influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
• excite — Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
• galvanise — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
• activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.