The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REASONS , but the solution may also be WHYS which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in Newsday).
Motives crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REASONS | 50 % | 7 |
| CAUSES | 25 % | 6 |
| INTENTS | 17 % | 7 |
| WHYS | 8 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Motives
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- motivative
- motivation
- motivating
- causative
- need
- motif
- motor
- arguments
- causes
- considerations
- designs
- drivers
Crossword Answer definitions
REASONS noun- A cause:
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
- Ratio; proportion.
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
- To converse; to compare opinions.
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- To support with reasons, as a request.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REASONS
- Uses the left brain
- Justifications
- Thinks logically
- Logical explanations
- Thinks through
- They may be personal
- Argues logically
- Wherefores and whys
- Uses judgment
- Tries to influence, with "with"
More clues leading to the result CAUSES
- Makes happen
- Marcher's movements
- Political movements
- Motives
- Reasons
- Brings about
- Marchers may take them up
- Triggers
- Leads to
- Things to get behind