Antonyms for motivating
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : moh-tuh-veyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ təˌveɪt |
Definition of motivating
Origin :- 1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.
- verb stimulate, instigate
- Such a task may, therefore, be referred to as the motivating task.
- Extract from : « Sound Military Decision » by U.s. Naval War College
- What have been the motivating forces of each of these schools?
- Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
- That value is greatest which counts for most in motivating activity.
- Extract from : « Social Value » by B. M. Anderson
- Each of these young lords was to play the part of motivating force to the actions of the other.
- Extract from : « All Men are Ghosts » by L. P. Jacks
- We today, looking back upon his efforts, can judge his motivating influences with some degree of surety.
- Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
- The first of the motivating conditions to seek for our classroom is a prevailing attitude of happiness, good cheer, enjoyment.
- Extract from : « How to Teach Religion » by George Herbert Betts
- But in these earliest days, tobacco and ships to transport it were the motivating forces of the town.
- Extract from : « Seaport in Virginia » by Gay Montague Moore
- But the novelist, in motivating action, may be more considerate and intellectual, since his appeal is made to the individual mind.
- Extract from : « Materials and Methods of Fiction » by Clayton Hamilton
- "Demand" is a term which carries the connotation of motivating power in economic theory.
- Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
- We do not find the motivating power of existing values in the ashes of burnt out desire!
- Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
Synonyms for motivating
- actuate
- arouse
- bring
- cause
- dispose
- draw
- drive
- egg on
- excite
- fire
- galvanize
- give incentive
- goad
- goose
- impel
- incite
- incline
- induce
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- inspirit
- lead
- move
- persuade
- pique
- predetermine
- predispose
- prevail upon
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- quicken
- rouse
- set afoot
- set astir
- sound
- spark
- spur
- suggest
- sway
- touch off
- trigger
- whet
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