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Synonyms for motivation

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, Treeline

the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal

We did not understand his motivation.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

need

Same sentence, swapped: We did not understand his need.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for motivation as it is used in the sentence above.

knowledge
impulse
animation

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Closest first: other words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.

famousadjectivenotedwidely known and esteemedTreelineStates and conditions fearverbdreadbe afraid or scared ofTreelineEmotions2 sensesHas a reason line fiddleverbplaymanipulate manually or in one's mind or imaginationTreelineContact and joining fierceadjectiveroughviolently agitated and turbulentTreelineStates and conditions fieryadjectiveflamingpassionate or quick-temperedTreelineQualitiesHas a reason line fightnouncombatthe act of fightingTreelineActions2 sensesHas a reason line filterverbstrainremove by passing through a filterTreelineContact and joiningHas a reason line fingerverbthumbfeel or handle with the fingersTreelineContact and joiningHas a reason line

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