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Motivating

To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.

📖 Definitions of "Motivating"

verb

1
To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
"The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees."
2
To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
"He was motivated purely by self-interest."

adjective

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
motivenoun	An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
causativenoun	(grammar) Expressing a cause or causation.
motivativenoun	motivating; serving to motivate

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
motivenoun	An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
causativenoun	(grammar) Expressing a cause or causation.
motivational	Tending or intended to motivate.
motivationnoun	An incentive or reason for doing something.
encourageverb	To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
incentivenoun	Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
inspiringnoun	Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
encouragingnoun	Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
promptingnoun	The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.
originnoun	The beginning of something.
stimulating	Having a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
inducing	That induces; inductive
excitingnoun	Creating or producing excitement.
justifyingnoun	A process of justification.
challengingnoun	Difficult, hard to do.
groundsnoun	The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
intrinsically	In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.
drivingnoun	The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
spurringnoun	An application of the spurs to a horse.
catalysingverb	Alternative spelling of catalyze. [(chemistry, transitive) To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.]