3
actuation(noun, feeling, drive, start, passion)
3
compulsion(noun, desire, stick, urge, whip)
3
disposition(noun, force, quality, feeling, drive)
3
enticement(noun, reason, spur, lure, bribe)
3
fire(noun, force, quality, drive, character)
3
interest(noun, drive, pleasure, enthusiasm, inspiration)
3
momentum(noun, drive, push, energy, determination)
3
predisposition(noun, drive, inspiration, incentive, ambition)
3
prompting(noun, cause, reason, ground, warning)
3
reassuring
3
thrust(noun, impulse, momentum, impulsion)
3
urging(noun, charge, cause, excitement, boost)
2
persuasion(noun, drive, reason, enthusiasm, spur)
2
action(noun, feeling, drive, pleasure, passion)
2
activity(noun, feeling, drive, pleasure, passion)
2
angle(noun, drive, inspiration, incentive, ambition)
2
animation(noun, force, quality, feeling, drive)
2
ax to grind(noun, expression, idiom, reason, motive)
2
basis(noun, cause, reason, object, matter)
2
boldness(noun, force, quality, drive, character)
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