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Definition & Synonyms
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• Motive
- (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading.
- (a.) Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.
- (n.) That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.
- (n.) That which moves; a mover.
- (n.) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.
- (v. t.) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Synonyms:
Motif, Motor, Need,
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• Motiveless
- (a.) Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.
Synonyms:
Wanton,
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Coinages, Ultimate, Hare, Coin, Current, Coils, Coiling, Carders, Probably, Impact, Undulations, Largeness, Coil, Rather, Bienn, Kinesics, Impact, Fermentation, Cardamomes, Depressor, Convection, Shark, Bullying, Baby, Cadetships, Accomodation, Carcinogenes, Action In Rem, Opportunistic, Eosin, Web, Brush Fire War, Carcin, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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