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motivatedadjective having a strong desire for personal advancementHe was lauded by faculty as an exceptionally hardworking, curious, and motivated student. The company was looking for motivated self-starters to fill the sales position. determined, diligent, driving, dynamic, enterprising, gung ho, hungry, hustling, industrious, venturesome, venturousanimated, lively, spiritedardent, avid, eager, energetic, impassioned, keen, raring, vigorousaggressive, assertive, high-flying, opportunistic, overambitious, pretentious, pushy, self-assertivecompeting, competitive, rival, rivalrousambitious, aspiring, go-getting, hard-driving, pushing, self-seeking apathetic, disinterested, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic, unexcited, uninterestedcasual, easygoing, lackadaisical, lazyishhalfhearted, lukewarm, tepidlazy, lethargic, listless, shiftless, sluggish, spiritlessunaggressive, unassertiveambitionless, unambitious to rouse to action or activityThe presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands. They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls. aroused, encouraged, excited, fired (up), impassioned, incited, instigated, moved, piqued, provoked, revved (up), sparked, spurred, stimulated, stirredactivated, animated, drove, energized, galvanized, induced, inspired, keyed (up), motived, propelled, pumped up, quickened, set off, vitalizedforced, impelledallured, baited, beguiled, bribed, enticed, led on, lured, seduced, temptedgoaded, persuadedfanned, ignited, inflamed(also enflamed), kindled, triggeredabetted, fermented, fomented, raised, whipped (up)aggravated, annoyed, bothered, exasperated, galled, got, irritated, vexed(also vext)angered, enraged, maddened, upset calmed, soothed, subdued, tranquilized(also tranquillized)appeased, mollified, pacified, placated in 1903 |