Definition of motivator
plural motivators
a
: a factor or situation that causes people to feel motivated to do something : incentive
- Only a fool, though, would deny that money is a very real and basic need and, of course, a motivator of sorts.
- —Robert W. Corl
- Exercising with someone else … can be a motivator. — Joanne Lannin
- Andre Harris, without basketball as a motivator, had slipped back into bad habits academically. — John Feinstein
b
: a person who motivates others
- But Romo's not an enabler; he's a motivator, says [Jessica] Simpson. "If I'm not feeling good about myself, he'll say, 'Get your butt up and go to the gym then!'"
- —Michelle Tan
