Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
provided with a motive or given incentive for action;
- Example: "a highly motivated child can learn almost anything"- Example: "a group of politically motivated men"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
motivated \motivated\ adj.
Having a strong motive; -- of people. Opposite of
unmotivated. [Narrower terms: driven, impelled]
[WordNet 1.5] motivating
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
motivated
adj 1: provided with a motive or given incentive for action; "a
highly motivated child can learn almost anything"; "a
group of politically motivated men" [ant: unmotivated]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "motivated":
actuated, animated, apt, bright, clever, docile, educable, facile,
formable, impelled, impressionable, inclined, inner-directed,
instructable, intelligent, malleable, minded, moldable, moved,
other-directed, plastic, pliable, prompted, quick, ready,
receptive, ripe for instruction, schoolable, stimulated,
susceptible, teachable, thirsty for knowledge, trainable,
willing