start, trigger, bring [s.t.] on, cause; cause [s.o.] to do [s.t.], make [s.o.] do [s.t.], impel, drive, force, railroad; propel, push, shove, give [s.o.] a kick or boot; spur, prod, goad, egg on, urge or urge on, encourage; coax, wheedle, cajole, twist around one's little finger, manipulate, influence; persuade, talk [s.o.] into [s.t.], convince, bring around, make [s.o.] see it one's way.
motive, n. 1. motivation, incentive, inducement, Inf. what turns [s.o.] on, Inf. what makes [s.o.] tick; incitement, stimulus, spur, goad, urge, prod; persuasion, encouragement, inspiration; power, pressure, thrust, push, impulse, reason, ground, cause, basis, what's behind something; occasion, angle, consideration; enticement, lure, attraction.
2. intent, intention, purpose, object, objective; goal, aim, end, target; ambition, wish, desire, plan.
-adj. 3. kinetic, mobile, moveable, operative; moving, driving, impelling, stimulating, dynamic, active,
motley, adj. 1. heterogeneous, diverse, diversified, assorted, miscellaneous, pluralistic; dissimilar, unlike, divergent; incongruous, discordant, clashing; raggle-taggle, patchwork, ragged; jumbled, macaronic, mixed, mixed-up, scrambled, mingled, commingled; irregular, haphazard, promiscuous.
2. many-colored, multicolored, polychrome, polychromatic, many-hued, variegated, rainbowy, rainbowlike; harlequin, plaid, spotted, flecked, dappled, mosaic; iridescent, irisated, opalescent; versicolor, parti-colored, kaleidoscopic; spectral, prismatic, like an artist's palette or smock.
-n. 3. kaleidoscope, mosaic, variegation, rainbow, flower garden, jigsaw puzzle.
4. medley, mix, mixture, melange, miscellany, omni-um-gatherum; conglomeration, mishmash, hodgepodge, jumble, scramble, mess, farrago, pastiche, pasticcio; combination, commingling, mingling, assortment, variety, array, batch; gallimaufry, salmagundi, olla-podrida, olio, potpourri,
motor, n. 1. engine, internal-combustion engine, gasoline engine, gas engine; aeromotor, air motor or engine; inboard-outboard engine, outboard motor; power plant, power source, innards.
2. electric motor, dynamo, dynamotor, generator, turbine, transformer, transducer, universal motor.
3. automobile, car, auto, vehicle, machine, motorized vehicle, motorcar, autocar, voiture, Inf. wheels, Inf bus, Inf. buggy, Inf bug, Inf. jalopy, Inf. wreck, Inf rattletrap, Inf. clunker, SI. bomb, SI. crate, SI. tub, SI. boat, SI. heap, SI. bucket of bolts; coupe, landau, limousine, Inf. limo, convertible, roadster, touring car, runabout, two-seater, phaeton, Auto. Obs. brougham, Auto. Obs. cabriolet, electric car, elec-tromobile, locomobile, steamer, Inf flivver, Inf tin Lizzie, classic, antique car, antique; compact car, hardtop, sedan, sports car; station wagon, country or beach wagon, camper, van, jeep, land rover, beach or dune buggy, swamp buggy; race car, racer, racing car, stock car, Indy car, midget racer, funny car, SI. dragster, SI. hotrod.
4. police car, patrol car, Inf. prowl car, Inf. black and white, cruiser; truck, trailer truck, trailer, pickup truck, pickup, tractor trailer, semi-trailer, Inf. semi, Inf rig, Brit, lorry; bus, motorbus, autobus, motor coach, coach, omnibus, Inf. jitney, Inf. doubledecker; cab, taxicab, taxi; rental car, hired car, Inf. rent-a-car; motorcycle, motorbike, bike, road bike, Inf chopper; trailbike, minibike, pedicab or pedibike, Inf. roadrunner.
-adj. 5. impelling, propelling, propellant, driving. -v. 6. drive, ride, go for a ride or drive, tour, travel, take or make a trip, taxi, bus; Inf. cruise, Inf cruise along, Inf. tool, Inf. tool along; go by road, take to the road, travel the highways and byways, take the back roads,
mottle, v. 1. dapple, dot, spot, bespot, speckle, be-speckle, stipple, fleck, bedaub, maculate, freckle, sprinkle, spangle, pepper; water, damascene or damaskeen, variegate, motley, polychrome; striate, stripe, streak, marbelize, marble.
