Words Ending -IVE

134 total entries across 2 section(s)

Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.

7-Letter Words Ending with -IVE (44 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	ABUSIVE	—	[a.] · characterized by wrong or improper use
—	AMATIVE	—	[a.] · amorous / [x] { amative amorous }
—	AMUSIVE	—	[a.] · amusing
—	ARCHIVE	DS	[v. -CHIVED, -CHIVING, -CHIVES] · to file in an archive - ARCHIVAL [a.]
—	BEEHIVE	DS	[n. -S] · a hive for bees
—	CAPTIVE	S	[n. -S] · a prisoner
—	CODRIVE	NRS	[v. -DROVE, -DRIVEN, -DRIVING, -DRIVES] · to work as a codriver
—	CONNIVE	DRS	[v. -NIVED, -NIVING°, -NIVES] · to feign ignorance of wrongdoing
—	COSTIVE	—	[a.] · constipated
—	CURSIVE	S	[n. -S] · a style of print
—	DECEIVE	DRS	[v. -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES] · to mislead by falsehood
—	DEPRIVE	DRS	[v. -PRIVED, -PRIVING, -PRIVES] · to take something away from
R	ELATIVE	S	[n. -S] · an adjectival form in some languages
D	ELUSIVE	—	[a.] · tending to elude / [x] { elusive elusory }
—	EMOTIVE	—	[a.] · pertaining to emotion
—	EROSIVE	—	[a.] · causing erosion
—	EVASIVE	—	[a.] · tending to evade
—	FESTIVE	—	[a.] · of or befitting a festival / [x] { feastful festal festive § festally }
—	FICTIVE	—	[a.] · imaginary
—	FORGIVE	NRS	[v. -GAVE, -GIVEN, -GIVING, -GIVES] · to pardon
—	FURTIVE	—	[a.] · stealthy
—	JUSSIVE	S	[n. -S] · a word used to express command
—	KHEDIVE	S	[n. -S] · a Turkish~ viceroy - KHEDIVAL [a.] / [x] { khedive § khedives § khedival khedivial }
—	MASSIVE	—	[a.] · of considerable size / [x] { massier massiest massive massy }
—	MISGIVE	NS	[v. -GAVE, -GIVEN, -GIVING°, -GIVES] · to make doubtful or fearful
—	MISLIVE	DS	[v. -LIVED, -LIVING, -LIVES] · to live a bad life
EO	MISSIVE	S	[n. -S] · a written communication
—	OUTGIVE	NS	[v. -GAVE, -GIVEN, -GIVING°, -GIVES] · to give more than
—	OUTLIVE	DRS	[v. -LIVED, -LIVING, -LIVES] · to live longer than
—	PASSIVE	S	[n. -S] · a verb form
—	PENSIVE	—	[a.] · engaged in deep thought
—	PLOSIVE	S	[n. -S] · a sound produced by plosion
—	PREDIVE	—	[a.] · preceding a dive
—	RECEIVE	DRS	[v. -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES] · to come into possession of
—	REDRIVE	NS	[v. -DROVE, -DRIVEN, -DRIVING, -DRIVES] · to drive again +
—	RESTIVE	—	[a.] · difficult to control
—	SKYDIVE	DRS	[v. -DIVED or -DOVE, -DIVING°, -DIVES] · to parachute from an airplane for sport
—	STATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a verb that expresses a condition
—	SUASIVE	—	< SUASION, † [a.] · persuasive
—	SURVIVE	DRS	[v. -VIVED, -VIVING, -VIVES] · to remain in existence
—	TARDIVE	—	[a.] · having symptoms that develop slowly
—	TENSIVE	—	[a.] · causing tensity
—	TUSSIVE	—	< TUSSIS, [n. TUSSISES or TUSSES] · a cough - TUSSIVE [a.] (=tusses)
P	UNITIVE	—	[a.] · serving to unite

8-Letter Words Ending with -IVE (90 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	ABLATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a grammatical case
—	ABORTIVE	—	[a.] · failing to succeed
—	ABRASIVE	S	[n. -S] · an abrading substance
—	ADAPTIVE	—	< ADAPTION, [n. -S] · the act of adapting - ADAPTIVE [a.]
—	ADDITIVE	S	[n. -S] · a substance added to another to impart desirable qualities
—	ADHESIVE	S	[n. -S] · a substance that causes adhesion
—	ADOPTIVE	—	< ADOPTION, [n. -S] · the act of adopting - ADOPTIVE [a.]
—	AGENTIVE	S	[n. -S] · a word part that denotes the doer of an action / [x] { agentives § agentival agentive }
—	ALLUSIVE	—	< ALLUSION, [n. -S] · the act of alluding - ALLUSIVE [a.]
—	AUDITIVE	S	[n. -S] · an auditory
—	AVERSIVE	S	[n. -S] · a punishment (=aversives)
—	COACTIVE	—	[a.] · mutually active
—	CODERIVE	DS	[v. -RIVED, -RIVING, -RIVES] · to derive jointly
—	COERCIVE	—	[a.] · serving to coerce
—	COHESIVE	—	< COHESION, [n. -S] · the act or state of cohering - COHESIVE [a.]
—	CONATIVE	—	< CONATION, [n. -S] · the inclination to act purposefully - CONATIVE [a.]
—	CONCEIVE	DRS	[v. -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES] · to understand
—	CONTRIVE	DRS	[v. -TRIVED, -TRIVING, -TRIVES] · to devise
—	CREATIVE	S	[n. -S] · one who has the ability to create (=creatives)
—	CRESCIVE	—	[a.] · increasing
—	CURATIVE	S	[n. -S] · something that cures
—	DECISIVE	—	[a.] · conclusive
—	DELUSIVE	—	[a.] · tending to delude / [x] { delusive delusory }
—	DENOTIVE	—	< DENOTE, [v. -NOTED, -NOTING, -NOTES] · to indicate - DENOTIVE [a.] / [x] { denote denoted denotes denoting § denotative denotive }
—	DERISIVE	—	[a.] · expressing derision / [x] { derisive derisory }
—	DILATIVE	—	[a.] · tending to dilate
—	DILUTIVE	—	[a.] · tending to dilute
—	DIVISIVE	—	[a.] · causing disunity or dissension
—	DONATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a donation / [x] { donation donative § donations donatives }
—	DURATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a type of verb
DRS	EDUCTIVE	—	< EDUCTION, [n. -S] · the act of educing «to draw forth or bring out» - EDUCTIVE [a.]
—	EFFUSIVE	—	[a.] · pouring forth
—	EGESTIVE	—	< EGESTION, [n. -S] · the act of egesting «to discharge from the body» - EGESTIVE [a.]
R	EJECTIVE	S	[n. -S] · a sound produced with air compressed above the closed glottis
S	ELECTIVE	S	[n. -S] · an optional course of study
R	EMISSIVE	—	< EMISSION, [n. -S] · the act of emitting - EMISSIVE [a.]
—	EMULSIVE	—	< EMULSION, [n. -S] · a type of liquid mixture - EMULSIVE [a.]
—	ENACTIVE	—	[a.] · having the power to enact
—	EQUATIVE	—	[a.] · denoting a sentence in which one term is identified with another
—	ERECTIVE	—	[a.] · tending to erect
—	ERGATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a type of verb (=ergatives)
—	ERUPTIVE	S	[n. -S] · a type of rock
—	EVENTIVE	—	[a.] · denoting an event
—	EVINCIVE	—	< EVINCE, [v. EVINCED, EVINCING, EVINCES] · to show clearly - EVINCIVE [a.]
—	EXAPTIVE	—	[a.] · pertaining to an exapted function
—	EXERTIVE	—	[a.] · tending to exert
—	FIXATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a substance for preserving paintings or drawings / [x] { fixatif fixative § fixatifs fixatives }
—	FUGITIVE	S	[n. -S] · one who flees
—	GENITIVE	S	[n. -S] · a grammatical case
—	IDEATIVE	—	[a.] · pertaining to ideation
—	ILLATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a word or phrase introducing an inference
—	ILLUSIVE	—	[a.] · illusory / [x] { illusive illusory }
—	INACTIVE	—	[a.] · not active
—	INCISIVE	—	[a.] · penetrating
—	INFUSIVE	—	[a.] · capable of infusing
—	INVASIVE	—	< INVASION, [n. -S] · the act of invading - INVASIVE [a.]
—	LAXATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels
—	LENITIVE	S	[n. -S] · a soothing medicine
—	LIGATIVE	—	< LIGATION, [n. -S] · the act of ligating «to bind» - LIGATIVE [a.]
—	LOCATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a type of grammatical case
—	MISDRIVE	NS	[v. -DROVE, -DRIVEN, -DRIVING, -DRIVES] · to drive wrongly or improperly
—	MONITIVE	—	[a.] · giving warning
—	MUTATIVE	—	< MUTATION, [n. -S] · the act of changing - MUTATIVE [a.]
—	NEGATIVE	DS	[v. -TIVED, -TIVING, -TIVES] · to veto
—	NOSEDIVE	DS	[v. -DIVED or -DOVE, -DIVING, -DIVES] · to go into a sudden steep drop (=nosedived nosediving nosedove)
—	OMISSIVE	—	[a.] · marked by omission
—	OPTATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a mood of verbs that expresses a wish or desire
—	ORECTIVE	—	[a.] · orectic «pertaining to appetites or desires» / [x] { orectic orective }
—	OUTDRIVE	NS	[v. -DROVE, -DRIVEN, -DRIVING, -DRIVES] · to drive a golf ball farther than
—	OVERLIVE	DS	[v. -LIVED, -LIVING, -LIVES] · to outlive
—	PERCEIVE	DRS	[v. -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES] · to become aware of through the senses / [x] { apperceive apperceived apperceives apperceiving perceive perceived perceives perceiving § perceived }
—	PLAUSIVE	—	[a.] · expressing praise
—	POSITIVE	RS	[a. -TIVER, -TIVEST] · certain / ----- [n. -S] · a quantity greater than zero
—	POSTDIVE	—	[a.] · following a dive
—	PUNITIVE	—	[a.] · inflicting punishment / [x] { punitive punitory }
—	PUTATIVE	—	[a.] · generally regarded as such
—	REACTIVE	—	[a.] · tending to react
—	RELATIVE	S	[n. -S] · one who is connected with another by blood or marriage
—	RESTRIVE	NS	[v. -STROVE, -STRIVEN, -STRIVING, -STRIVES] · to strive again +
—	ROTATIVE	—	< ROTATION, [n. -S] · the act or an instance of rotating - ROTATIVE [a.]
—	SANATIVE	—	[a.] · having the power to cure or heal
—	SEDATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a drug that induces a calm state
—	SEDUCIVE	—	< SEDUCE, [v. -DUCED, -DUCING, -DUCES] · to lead astray - SEDUCIVE [a.]
—	SORPTIVE	—	< SORPTION, [n. -S] · the act or process of sorbing - SORPTIVE [a.]
—	SPORTIVE	—	[a.] · playful / [x] { sportful sportive }
—	TRACTIVE	—	< TRACTION, [n. -S] · the act of pulling or drawing over a surface - TRACTIVE [a.]
—	VEGETIVE	—	[a.] · growing or capable of growing
E	VOCATIVE	S	[n. -S] · a grammatical case used in some languages
—	VOLITIVE	—	[a.] · pertaining to volition
—	VOMITIVE	S	[n. -S] · an emetic / [x] { vomitive vomitory § vomitives vomitories § vomitive vomitory }