5
support(noun, aid, helpfulness)
5
urge(noun, feeling, drive, start, pleasure)
5
enabler
5
motivating
5
push(noun, charge, drive, cause, energy)
4
influence(noun, feeling, drive, cause, passion)
4
catalyst(noun, activity, charge, feeling, drive)
4
desire(noun, feeling, drive, passion, resolve)
4
energy(noun, force, quality, drive, character)
4
enlivening(start, excitement, beginning, provocation, stimulation)
4
grounds(noun, action, cause, reason, object)
4
inclination(noun, feeling, drive, passion, desire)
4
lure(noun, reason, spur, bribe, incentive)
4
need
4
pressure(noun, drive, push, energy, influence)
4
purpose(noun, drive, cause, resolve, reason)
4
rationale(noun, action, cause, reason, object)
4
shot(noun, impulse)
4
spirit(noun, force, quality, drive, character)
4
stimulant(noun, charge, cause, drug, reason)
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