Grep  of  noun  motive 
  diesel  locomotive 
  electric  locomotive 
  ethical  motive 
  irrational  motive 
  locomotive 
  motive 
  motive  power 
  railway  locomotive 
  rational  motive 
  steam  locomotive 
  tank  locomotive 
 
  Overview  of  noun  motive 
 
  The  noun  motive  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (18)  motivation,  motive,  need  --  (the  psychological  feature  that  arouses  an  organism  to  action  the  reason  for  the  action  "we  did  not  understand  his  motivation";  "he  acted  with  the  best  of  motives") 
  2.  motif,  motive  --  (a  theme  that  is  elaborated  on  in  a  piece  of  music) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  motive 
 
  The  adj  motive  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  motive,  motor  --  (causing  or  able  to  cause  motion;  "a  motive  force";  "motive  power";  "motor  energy") 
  2.  motivative,  motive,  motivating  --  (impelling  to  action  "it  may  well  be  that  ethical  language  has  primarily  a  motivative  function"-  Arthur  Pap;  "motive  pleas";  "motivating  arguments") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  motive 
 
  2  senses  of  motive 
 
  Sense  1 
  motive(postnominal),  motor 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  causative)  ->  noncausative,  noncausal 
 
  Sense  2 
  motivative(postnominal),  motive(postnominal),  motivating 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  causative)  ->  noncausative,  noncausal 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  motive 
 
  2  senses  of  motive 
 
  Sense  1 
  motive(postnominal),  motor 
  =>  causative  (vs.  noncausative) 
 
  Sense  2 
  motivative(postnominal),  motive(postnominal),  motivating 
  =>  causative  (vs.  noncausative) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  motive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  motive 
 
  motive  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  motive 
  automotive 
  electromotive 
  emotive 
  locomotive 
  motive 
  motiveless 
  promotive 
 
  Overview  of  noun  motive 
 
  The  noun  motive  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (18)  motivation,  motive,  need  --  (the  psychological  feature  that  arouses  an  organism  to  action  the  reason  for  the  action  "we  did  not  understand  his  motivation";  "he  acted  with  the  best  of  motives") 
  2.  motif,  motive  --  (a  theme  that  is  elaborated  on  in  a  piece  of  music) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  motive 
 
  The  adj  motive  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  motive,  motor  --  (causing  or  able  to  cause  motion;  "a  motive  force";  "motive  power";  "motor  energy") 
  2.  motivative,  motive,  motivating  --  (impelling  to  action  "it  may  well  be  that  ethical  language  has  primarily  a  motivative  function"-  Arthur  Pap;  "motive  pleas";  "motivating  arguments") 

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