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Words Ending In IVE

Every valid English word that ends in IVE, grouped by word length.

936 words found

9-letter words

(136)
acceptive 18 accretive 16 addictive 16 adductive 16 adjective 22 adjustive 20 admissive 15 advective 18 adventive 16 affective 20 agitative 13 ascensive 14 assertive 12 assuasive 12 attentive 12 bijective 23 bioactive 16 calmative 16 caressive 14 causative 14 cognitive 15 collusive 14 combative 18 conducive 17 corrasive 14 corrosive 14 deceptive 17 decretive 15 deductive 16 defective 18 defensive 16 depletive 15 detective 15 detersive 13 diffusive 19 digestive 14 directive 15 educative 15 effective 20 emanative 14 embracive 18 emulative 14 evocative 17 exceptive 23 excessive 21 exclusive 21 excursive 21 executive 21 expansive 21 expensive 21 expletive 21 explosive 21 expulsive 21 extensive 19 extortive 19 extrusive 19 exudative 20 factitive 17 forgetive 16 formative 17 fricative 17 gerundive 14 hortative 15 imitative 14 impactive 18 impassive 16 implosive 16 impulsive 16 incentive 14 inceptive 16 inclusive 14 inductive 15 infective 17 ingestive 13 injective 21 intensive 12 intrusive 12 intuitive 12 invective 17 inventive 15 inversive 15 irruptive 14 iterative 12 laudative 13 lucrative 14 mediative 15 narrative 12 nonnative 12 normative 14 nutritive 12 objective 23 obsessive 14 obtrusive 14 occlusive 16 offensive 18 operative 14 ostensive 12 overdrive 16 oxidative 20 partitive 14 pervasive 17 placative 16 plaintive 14 pollutive 14 portative 14 prelusive 14 primitive 16 privative 17 proactive 16 probative 16 promotive 16 purgative 15 purposive 16 radiative 13 receptive 16 recessive 14 reclusive 14 recursive 14 reductive 15 reflexive 22 rejective 21 repulsive 14 resistive 12 retentive 12 revulsive 15 seclusive 14 secretive 14 seductive 15 selective 14 sensitive 12 suffusive 18 summative 16 talkative 16 tentative 12 undeceive 15 violative 15

10-letter words

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absolutive 15 absorptive 17 accusative 17 adjunctive 23 adsorptive 16 advocative 19 afflictive 21 aggressive 15 annotative 13 apperceive 19 appetitive 17 appointive 17 appositive 17 appraisive 17 ascriptive 17 assaultive 13 assumptive 17 attractive 15 automotive 15 capacitive 19 cogitative 16 collective 17 combustive 19 completive 19 compulsive 19 conceptive 19 concessive 17 conclusive 17 concoctive 19 concussive 17 conductive 18 congestive 16 connective 17 constative 15 consultive 15 contortive 15 convective 20 convulsive 18 copulative 17 corrective 17 corruptive 17 cumulative 17 cunctative 17 decorative 16 definitive 17 deflective 19 degressive 15 denotative 14 depressive 16 derivative 17 derogative 15 detonative 14 detractive 16 digressive 15 diminutive 16 discursive 16 dismissive 16 dispersive 16 disruptive 16 dissuasive 14 dominative 16 estimative 15 evacuative 18 evaluative 16 excitative 22 execrative 22 exhaustive 23 exhibitive 25 exploitive 22 expositive 22 expressive 22 extinctive 22 extractive 22 federative 17 figurative 17 generative 14 imperative 17 impressive 17 imputative 17 inchoative 18 incubative 17 indecisive 16 indicative 16 indurative 14 infinitive 16 inflective 18 inflictive 18 ingressive 14 inhibitive 18 initiative 13 injunctive 22 innovative 16 inspective 17 irrelative 13 irritative 13 lacerative 15 limitative 15 locomotive 17 meditative 16 mitigative 16 motivative 18 nominative 15 nonpassive 15 oppressive 17 overactive 18 palliative 15 pejorative 22 pendentive 16 perceptive 19 percussive 17 perfective 20 permeative 17 permissive 17 persuasive 15 perversive 18 possessive 15 preceptive 19 preclusive 17 predictive 18 preemptive 19 preventive 18 productive 18 projective 24 propulsive 17 protective 17 protensive 15 protrusive 15 recitative 15 reconceive 17 recreative 15 redemptive 18 reflective 18 refractive 18 regressive 14 regulative 14 renovative 16 reparative 15 repetitive 15 repressive 15 resorptive 15 respective 17 responsive 15 ruminative 15 separative 15 simulative 15 subjective 24 submissive 17 subversive 18 successive 17 suggestive 15 suppletive 17 supportive 17 surjective 22 susceptive 17 suspensive 15 tolerative 13 transitive 13 ulcerative 15 uncoercive 17 uncreative 15 vasoactive 18 vegetative 17 vindictive 19

11-letter words

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abstractive 18 acetylative 19 acquisitive 25 adumbrative 19 adversative 18 affirmative 22 affricative 22 aggregative 17 alternative 14 antitussive 14 appellative 18 applicative 20 arbitrative 16 argumentive 17 associative 16 assortative 14 attributive 16 carminative 18 circulative 18 coextensive 23 colligative 17 combinative 20 commutative 20 comparative 20 competitive 20 compressive 20 conflictive 21 confutative 19 conjunctive 25 connotative 16 consecutive 18 consumptive 20 contractive 18 contrastive 16 cooperative 18 corporative 18 correlative 16 declarative 17 deformative 20 degradative 17 delineative 15 denigrative 16 descriptive 19 desiccative 19 designative 16 destructive 17 devastative 18 deverbative 20 diapositive 17 disjunctive 24 dispositive 17 dissipative 17 distinctive 17 distractive 17 duplicative 19 elaborative 16 eliminative 16 elucidative 17 enumerative 16 evaporative 19 exfoliative 24 exhortative 24 exonerative 21 expectative 25 explanative 23 explicative 25 explorative 23 facultative 19 germinative 17 gravitative 18 hyperactive 24 hypotensive 22 imaginative 17 implicative 20 inattentive 14 ineffective 22 inexpensive 23 informative 19 inoculative 16 inoffensive 20 inoperative 16 inquisitive 23 inscriptive 18 insensitive 14 insinuative 14 instigative 15 instinctive 16 instructive 16 integrative 15 interactive 16 irradiative 15 irreflexive 24 legislative 15 lubricative 18 maladaptive 19 meliorative 16 misconceive 20 misperceive 20 neuroactive 16 nociceptive 20 nonabrasive 16 nonadaptive 17 nonadditive 16 nonadhesive 18 noncoercive 18 noncreative 16 nonelective 16 noninvasive 17 nonnegative 15 nonpunitive 16 nonreactive 16 nonrelative 14 nuncupative 18 obstructive 18 originative 15 penetrative 16 persecutive 18 personative 16 perspective 20 preadaptive 19 preconceive 20 predicative 19 preparative 18 prepositive 18 prerogative 17 presumptive 20 procreative 18 progressive 17 prohibitive 21 propagative 19 prospective 20 protractive 18 provocative 21 qualitative 23 radioactive 17 rebarbative 18 reeducative 17 reformative 19 reiterative 14 replicative 18 reprobative 18 restorative 14 restrictive 16 retaliative 14 retributive 16 retroactive 16 segregative 16 speculative 18 sporulative 16 stimulative 16 subcurative 18 subjunctive 25 substantive 16 subtractive 18 suffocative 22 superlative 16 suppressive 18 suppurative 18 syncopative 21 terminative 16 titillative 14 translative 14 unassertive 14 uncombative 20 underactive 17 uninventive 17 unobtrusive 16 unreceptive 18 unselective 16 vindicative 20

12-letter words

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accelerative 19 accumulative 21 adjudicative 26 alliterative 15 ameliorative 17 anticreative 17 apperceptive 23 appreciative 21 apprehensive 22 articulative 17 asseverative 18 assimilative 17 augmentative 18 compensative 21 conciliative 19 consecrative 19 conservative 20 constitutive 17 constrictive 19 constructive 19 consultative 17 consummative 21 continuative 17 contributive 19 coordinative 18 decongestive 19 degenerative 17 deliberative 18 denominative 18 denunciative 18 depreciative 20 desiderative 17 disincentive 18 dissociative 18 distributive 18 ditransitive 16 exaggerative 24 excogitative 25 exhilarative 25 exploitative 24 facilitative 20 fermentative 20 hypertensive 23 illuminative 17 illustrative 15 imperceptive 23 imperfective 24 inconclusive 19 inexpressive 24 infiltrative 18 intellective 17 interdictive 18 interpretive 17 interruptive 17 intransitive 15 introversive 18 irrespective 19 irresponsive 17 maladjustive 25 manipulative 19 nonaddictive 19 nonassertive 15 noncognitive 18 noncombative 21 noncorrosive 17 nondeceptive 20 nondeductive 19 nondirective 18 noneffective 23 nonexclusive 24 nonexecutive 24 nonexplosive 24 nonimitative 17 noninductive 18 noninfective 20 nonintrusive 15 nonintuitive 15 nonnarrative 15 nonnormative 17 nonnutritive 15 nonobjective 26 nonoperative 17 nonpurposive 19 nonselective 17 nonsensitive 15 normotensive 17 obliterative 17 opinionative 17 performative 22 posteruptive 19 postpositive 19 precognitive 20 preoperative 19 prescriptive 21 presentative 17 preservative 20 preventative 20 proscriptive 21 psychoactive 27 putrefactive 22 quantitative 24 recuperative 19 regenerative 16 remunerative 17 renunciative 17 repercussive 19 reprehensive 20 reproductive 20 retrodictive 18 seronegative 16 seropositive 17 substitutive 17 supermassive 19 sustentative 15 transmissive 17 unaggressive 17 unattractive 17 unexpressive 24 unimpressive 19 unperceptive 21 unpersuasive 17 unproductive 20 unreflective 20 unresponsive 17 vituperative 20

13-letter words

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accommodative 25 acculturative 20 agglomerative 20 agglutinative 18 anticorrosive 18 antinarrative 16 appropriative 22 approximative 29 argumentative 19 authoritative 19 collaborative 20 commemorative 24 commiserative 22 communicative 24 comprehensive 25 concentrative 20 confederative 22 configurative 22 contaminative 20 contemplative 22 contraceptive 22 corresponsive 20 corroborative 20 counteractive 20 demonstrative 19 deteriorative 17 determinative 19 exteroceptive 27 extrapolative 25 frequentative 28 gesticulative 19 hyperreactive 26 inconsecutive 20 incorporative 20 indistinctive 19 interoceptive 20 interpolative 18 interrogative 17 introgressive 17 introspective 20 investigative 20 justificative 28 nonabsorptive 20 nonaggressive 18 nonautomotive 18 nonconductive 21 noncumulative 20 nonderivative 20 nondiscursive 19 nondispersive 19 nondisruptive 19 nonevaluative 19 nonexploitive 25 nonfigurative 20 nonpermissive 20 nonproductive 21 nonresponsive 18 nonsubjective 27 overassertive 19 oversensitive 19 overtalkative 23 participative 22 photoemissive 23 photonegative 22 photopositive 23 postoperative 20 precipitative 22 prefigurative 22 premeditative 21 proliferative 21 ratiocinative 18 reciprocative 22 recriminative 20 reduplicative 21 reintegrative 17 remonstrative 18 resuscitative 18 retrogressive 17 retrospective 20 reverberative 21 significative 22 subordinative 19 transgressive 17 transmutative 18 uncompetitive 22 uncooperative 20 unimaginative 19 uninformative 21 uninstructive 18 unprogressive 19

English Words Ending In IVE

Suffixes and word endings are key to building longer words in games like Scrabble. Knowing common word endings like -IVE (such as -TION, -ABLE, -MENT, and -NESS) allows you to easily extend existing base words on the board.

For example, adding -ED or -ING to a verb can turn a 4-letter word into a 6 or 7-letter word, opening up new scoring opportunities and hitting premium tiles that were previously out of reach.

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