motivated

Verb

Plain form motivate

Third-person singular motivates

Past tense motivated

Past participle motivated

Present participle motivating

1. The past tense and past participle of motivate.

Adjective

Positive motivated

Comparative more motivated

Superlative most motivated

1. If you are motivated to do something, you have a reason to do it and you want to do it.
   • Synonyms: driven and inspired
   • Antonym: demotivated

   It takes a very motivated person to get great scores like that.

Related words

• motivate