300+ Words That Rhyme With MOTIVES

• characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

• belonging to one by birth

• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

• a person born in a particular place or country

• indigenous plants and animals

• as found in nature in the elemental form

• a positive motivational influence

• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

• emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation

• belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

• small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

• evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

• hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

• one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish

• a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

• of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

• estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

• a person related by blood or marriage

• an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

• properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

• tending to become more severe or wider in scope

• disposed to take action or effectuate change

• characterized by energetic activity

• exerting influence or producing a change or effect

• full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

• (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions

• expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:

• (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

• (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting

• (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt

• engaged in full-time work

• chemical agent capable of activity

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

• a person who is a participating member of an organization

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• taking part in an activity

• in operation

• designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

• characterized or produced by addition

• something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

• of or relating to or functioning as an adjective

• relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law

• a word that expresses an attribute of something

• the word class that qualifies nouns

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• serving or used in place of another

• necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

• pertaining to unconventional choices

• forming a whole or aggregate

• members of a cooperative enterprise

• done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

• set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government

• resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

• a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• a member of a Conservative Party

• having social or political views favoring conservatism

• avoiding excess

• unimaginatively conventional

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

• done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit

• a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners

• an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it

• involving the joint activity of two or more

• willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement

• the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx

• a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound

• a financial instrument whose value is based on another security

• (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word

• resulting from or employing derivation

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

• a negative motivational influence

• subject to popular election

• a course that the student can select from among alternatives

• optional

• having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.

• a person responsible for the administration of a business

• persons who administer the law

• someone who manages a government agency or department

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

• a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

• serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

• a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence

• sudden and loud

• a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study

• a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• requiring attention or action

• relating to verbs in the imperative mood

• a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

• some duty that is essential and urgent

• a verb in the imperative mood.

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the first of a series of actions

• serving to set in motion

• stimulating evacuation of feces

• a mild cathartic

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• being in force or having or exerting force

• relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

• a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

• effective; producing a desired effect

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• remedy that alleviates pain without curing

• moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

• A performative utterance.

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

• characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

• indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

• of or relating to positivism

• reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

• the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

• a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

• persuaded of; very sure

• involving advantage or good

• formally laid down or imposed

• impossible to deny or disprove

• greater than zero

• having a positive charge

• marked by excessive confidence

• a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

• a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition

• tending or having the power to preserve

• tending to prevent or hinder

• remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• an agent or device intended to prevent conception

• preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

• an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the superlative form of an adjective or adverb

• highest in quality

• a substance that abrades or wears down

• causing abrasion

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• tending to adhere

• a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

• excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

• not divided or shared with others

• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective

• for the purpose of attack rather than defense

• causing anger or annoyance

• morally offensive

• unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

• the action of attacking an enemy

• violating or tending to violate or offend against

• causing or able to cause nausea

• favoring or promoting progress

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• gradually advancing in extent

• (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

• advancing in severity

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

• in opposition to a civil authority or government

• a feast day and the seven days following it

• a musical interval of eight tones

• a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse

• of or relating to locomotion

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

• exerting force or containing energy

• possessing life

• not recorded

• highly reverberant

• charged with an explosive

• elastic; rebounds readily

• abounding with life and energy

• in current use or ready for use

• of current relevance

• charged or energized with electricity

• capable of erupting

• be an inhabitant of or reside in

• lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

• continue to live and avoid dying

• support oneself

• have life, be alive

• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

• pursue a positive and satisfying existence

• edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

• a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

• any long thin projection that is transient

• use a knife on