1. Provided with a motive or given incentive for action
   "a highly motivated child can learn almost anything"; "a group of politically motivated men"

1. Give an incentive for action
   "This motivated me to sacrifice my career";
   - actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

See also: actuated, driven, impelled, intended

Type of: cause, do, engender, make

Antonym: unmotivated

Encyclopedia: Motivated