Words Ending in -IVE
The suffix -ive is one of English's most productive endings. This page lists every ENABLE-dictionary word ending in -ive, grouped by length — a fast way to finish a crossword slot, find a rhyme family, or spot a playable hook in a tile game.
936
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excommunicative (33) · approximative (29) · intersubjective (29) · chemoreceptive (28) · frequentative (28)
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All 936 words ending in ive
4-letter words (6)
dive8five10give8hive10jive14live7
5-letter words (3)
alive8chive13drive9
6-letter words (7)
active11arrive9belive11dative10derive10endive10glaive10
7-letter words (23)
abusive12amative12amusive12archive15beehive15captive14codrive13connive12costive12cursive12deceive13deprive13elative10elusive10emotive12erosive10evasive13festive13fictive15forgive14furtive13jussive17khedive18
8-letter words (57)
ablative13abortive13abrasive13adaptive14additive13adhesive15adoptive14agentive12allusive11auditive12aversive14coactive15coderive14coercive15cohesive16conative13conceive15contrive13creative13crescive15curative13decisive14delusive12denotive12derisive12dilative12dilutive12divisive15donative12durative12eductive14effusive17egestive12ejective20elective13emissive13emulsive13enactive13erective13ergative12eruptive13evincive16exertive18fixative21fugitive15genitive12ideative12illative11illusive11inactive13incisive13infusive14invasive14laxative18lenitive11ligative12locative13
9-letter words (84)
acceptive18accretive16addictive16adductive16adjective22adjustive20admissive15advective18adventive16affective20agitative13ascensive14assertive12assuasive12attentive12bijective23bioactive16calmative16caressive14causative14cognitive15collusive14combative18conducive17corrasive14corrosive14deceptive17decretive15deductive16defective18defensive16depletive15detective15detersive13diffusive19digestive14directive15educative15effective20emanative14embracive18emulative14evocative17exceptive23excessive21exclusive21excursive21executive21expansive21expensive21expletive21explosive21expulsive21extensive19extortive19extrusive19exudative20factitive17forgetive16formative17fricative17gerundive14hortative15imitative14impactive18impassive16implosive16impulsive16incentive14inceptive16inclusive14inductive15infective17ingestive13injective21intensive12intrusive12intuitive12invective17inventive15inversive15irruptive14iterative12laudative13
10-letter words (98)
absolutive15absorptive17accusative17adjunctive23adsorptive16advocative19afflictive21aggressive15annotative13apperceive19appetitive17appointive17appositive17appraisive17ascriptive17assaultive13assumptive17attractive15automotive15capacitive19cogitative16collective17combustive19completive19compulsive19conceptive19concessive17conclusive17concoctive19concussive17conductive18congestive16connective17constative15consultive15contortive15convective20convulsive18copulative17corrective17corruptive17cumulative17cunctative17decorative16definitive17deflective19degressive15denotative14depressive16derivative17derogative15detonative14detractive16digressive15diminutive16discursive16dismissive16dispersive16disruptive16dissuasive14dominative16estimative15evacuative18evaluative16excitative22execrative22exhaustive23exhibitive25exploitive22expositive22expressive22extinctive22extractive22federative17figurative17generative14imperative17impressive17imputative17inchoative18incubative17indecisive16indicative16indurative14infinitive16inflective18inflictive18ingressive14inhibitive18initiative13injunctive22innovative16inspective17irrelative13irritative13lacerative15limitative15locomotive17
11-letter words (93)
abstractive18acetylative19acquisitive25adumbrative19adversative18affirmative22affricative22aggregative17alternative14antitussive14appellative18applicative20arbitrative16argumentive17associative16assortative14attributive16carminative18circulative18coextensive23colligative17combinative20commutative20comparative20competitive20compressive20conflictive21confutative19conjunctive25connotative16consecutive18consumptive20contractive18contrastive16cooperative18corporative18correlative16declarative17deformative20degradative17delineative15denigrative16descriptive19desiccative19designative16destructive17devastative18deverbative20diapositive17disjunctive24dispositive17dissipative17distinctive17distractive17duplicative19elaborative16eliminative16elucidative17enumerative16evaporative19exfoliative24exhortative24exonerative21expectative25explanative23explicative25explorative23facultative19germinative17gravitative18hyperactive24hypotensive22imaginative17implicative20inattentive14ineffective22inexpensive23informative19inoculative16inoffensive20inoperative16inquisitive23inscriptive18insensitive14insinuative14instigative15instinctive16instructive16integrative15interactive16irradiative15irreflexive24legislative15
12-letter words (58)
accelerative19accumulative21adjudicative26alliterative15ameliorative17anticreative17apperceptive23appreciative21apprehensive22articulative17asseverative18assimilative17augmentative18compensative21conciliative19consecrative19conservative20constitutive17constrictive19constructive19consultative17consummative21continuative17contributive19coordinative18decongestive19degenerative17deliberative18denominative18denunciative18depreciative20desiderative17disincentive18dissociative18distributive18ditransitive16exaggerative24excogitative25exhilarative25exploitative24facilitative20fermentative20hypertensive23illuminative17illustrative15imperceptive23imperfective24inconclusive19inexpressive24infiltrative18intellective17interdictive18interpretive17interruptive17intransitive15introversive18irrespective19irresponsive17
13-letter words (42)
accommodative25acculturative20agglomerative20agglutinative18anticorrosive18antinarrative16appropriative22approximative29argumentative19authoritative19collaborative20commemorative24commiserative22communicative24comprehensive25concentrative20confederative22configurative22contaminative20contemplative22contraceptive22corresponsive20corroborative20counteractive20demonstrative19deteriorative17determinative19exteroceptive27extrapolative25frequentative28gesticulative19hyperreactive26inconsecutive20incorporative20indistinctive19interoceptive20interpolative18interrogative17introgressive17introspective20investigative20justificative28
14-letter words (18)
administrative20anticonvulsive22antiderivative21antireflective22antisubversive22chemoreceptive28conglomerative22contrapositive21cryoprotective26deconstructive22disaggregative21discriminative22disintegrative19hypersensitive25immunoreactive23inappreciative23interoperative19interpretative19
15-letter words (11)
anticompetitive24antiprogressive21antispeculative22electronegative21electropositive22excommunicative33hyperaggressive28hyperresponsive28incommunicative26intersubjective29intussusceptive22
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