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motivating

motivating

3.7
Making someone want to try or work harder
  • adjective
  • /ˈmoʊtɪˌveɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : motivador
  • Anger doesn't have to be the motivating force.

So that it's this incredible motivating factor to love and be loved.

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Examples

  • It can be motivating or it can be paralyzing.

  • What did they tell you is motivating them to speak out despite the risks?

  • And so for me, fear is a motivating factor for me.

  • The teacher used rewards as motivating incentives to encourage her students to study harder.

  • A good leader is often motivating, inspiring their team to achieve great things.

  • The idea of a better future can be a strong motivating factor for communities to come together.

Synonyms

encouraging
vsmotivating
73 1.9

Giving someone support or hope so they feel more confident

is about providing a clear reason or incentive to cause action
motivational
vsmotivating
46 3.7

Giving someone encouragement to try or keep trying

focuses on actually giving the reason or incentive to prompt action
galvanizing
vsmotivating
1 6.8

Causing people to become suddenly excited and ready to act

is about providing reasons or steady encouragement rather than sudden intensity
impelling
vsmotivating
1 7.0

Making someone feel they must act

focuses on reasons or incentives rather than mainly emotional compulsion
stimulating
vsmotivating
1 3.9

To make someone feel more awake and interested

aims at giving reasons or incentives to act rather than increasing alertness
motivative
vsmotivating
7.8

That makes someone want to take action

is about giving reasons or incentives rather than only causing action by force
exhortative
vsmotivating
  • Formal
8.6

Strongly encouraging someone to take action

is more about giving reasons or incentives rather than forceful urging
exhortatory
vsmotivating
  • Formal
9.3

To encourage someone strongly to do something

focuses on reasoned incentive rather than earnest strong urging

Antonyms

15 3.9

Causing someone to feel less confident or hopeful about trying something

dissuasive
  • Formal
1 8.7

Making someone less likely to do something by showing bad results

How Motivating

galvanizing
1 6.8
inspiring
138 3.6
motivating
3.7
encouraging
73 1.9
uninspiring
7 3.5

Surface Forms

motivating positive

Morphology

motivating = motivate (transparent) = motivate + ing

The adjective is the present-participle form of 'motivate' used adjectivally; its meaning 'providing motivation' is directly derived.

Etymology

Motivating comes from the Latin root movere 'to move' and from the verb motivate, which is like the simple word move. As an adjective, motivating describes something that gives a reason or energy that 'moves' people to act or feel inspired.