There are 2,846 words with the suffix IVE in our word list of 382,657 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 11-letter words (491 of them); the spread is 10 of them 4 letters long, 18 of them 5 letters long, 46 of them 6 letters long, 92 of them 7 letters long, and more up to 15 letters. The longest entries are anticoagulative, anticommutative and anticompetitive. Word-game players keep lists like this open for a reason: Scrabble and Words With Friends reward the obscure corners of the dictionary, crossword solvers live on pattern matching, and Wordle players work by elimination. You can use this Words Ending in IVE (Suffix IVE) free on IlmHunt — no sign-up needed, and it runs entirely in your browser.
The suffix -IVE having the nature of, or tending to (active, creative, expensive) — three examples from this page: abditive, abessive, ablative.
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4-letter words (10)
cive dive five give hive jive live rive vive wive
5-letter words (18)
alive blive chive clive drive knive naive neive ogive olive reive shive skive slive stive swive waive wrive
6-letter words (46)
active argive arrive belive bylive cruive dative derive endive enlive enrive essive estive fixive fotive glaive inhive lative lixive luxive motive musive mutive native nocive optive ortive redive regive relive revive sative scrive shrive solive strive thrive ungive unhive unlive unwive updive upgive uprive visive votive
7-letter words (92)
abusive aestive amative amusive archive ascrive athrive beehive bonnive caitive captive censive chetive codrive connive convive corrive corsive costive cresive cultive cursive deceive declive deprive dislive educive elative elecive elusive emotive emptive emusive erosive evasive factive fensive festive fictive fissive flative flexive fluxive forcive forgive forlive furtive hastive hective initive jussive khedive lawgive lessive massive midwive misgive mislive missive nonlive outgive outlive outrive passive pensive plosive predive pulsive pursive realive receive redrive reprive restive ruptive sective sensive sertive skydive stative suasive survive tactive tardive tensive torsive tortive tuitive tussive unalive unitive unnaive
8-letter words (170)
abditive abessive ablative aborsive abortive abrasive accusive adaptive additive adessive adhesive adoptive adustive advisive agentive allative allusive annexive arrosive auditive aversive avertive boastive caritive celative coactive coderive coercive cohesive conative conceive conscive contrive cooptive creative crescive curative decisive deducive delative deletive delusive denotive derisive descrive desitive dilative dilutive discrive divisive donative durative eductive effusive egestive ejective elective emissive emulsive enactive equative erective ergative eruptive eversive evincive exactive exaptive excitive excusive exertive finitive fixative floative fordrive forelive fructive fruitive fugitive genitive guessive guestive ideative ignitive illative illusive immotive inactive incisive incitive inducive indutive inessive infusive inhesive innative invasive junctive jurative laxative legative lenitive ligative limitive locative maestive maladive misdrive monitive mutative negative nosedive notative novative occasive omissive optative orective outdrive overgive overlive pacative palative perceive plausive positive postdive potative practive predrive pressive proclive punitive putative quietive reactive rearrive recidive redivive refusive regitive relative remotive restrive rethrive rogative rotative sanative sedative seducive skindive solutive sorptive sportive spurtive subolive taxative totitive tractive tristive unactive unnative unthrive upstrive vegetive vetitive vitative vocative volitive vomitive
9-letter words (319)
abjective acceptive accessive accretive aconative acurative addictive adductive adjective adjustive admissive advancive advective adventive adversive affective agitative animative aperitive appeasive applosive appulsive arrestive ascensive aspersive assausive assentive assertive assistive assortive assuasive attentive attestive attritive avocative awunctive bijective biplosive calmative cantative caressive causative cessative clamative coemptive cognitive collative collisive collusive combative commotive conducive confusive connexive connotive contusive corrasive corrosive creditive curvative deceptive decoctive decretive decursive deductive deerdrive defeasive defective defencive defensive demissive depictive depletive desistive detective detentive detersive detrusive deviative dictative didactive diffusive digestive dimensive directive divertive divorcive divulsive dormitive educative effective egressive elocutive emanative embracive emulative encaptive enforcive enhancive evocative evolutive exceptive excessive exclusive excretive excursive executive exemptive expansive expective expensive expiative expletive explosive expulsive extensive extersive extorsive extortive extrusive exudative factitive flotative forgetive formative fortyfive fricative gemmative gernative gerundive gestative gignitive gradative gustative hortative housewive humective illapsive imitative immensive immersive impactive impartive impassive impletive implosive impulsive incensive incentive inceptive inclusive incursive indictive inductive infantive infective infestive inflative inflexive influxive ingestive injective insertive insistive intensive intentive intrusive intuitive invective inventive inversive invertive invictive irruptive isolative iterative lambitive lamentive laudative lucrative mandative mediative migrative minsitive misderive misthrive narrative nonactive nonnative normative nutritive objective obsessive obtrusive obviative occlusive occursive offensive olfactive onerative operative opinative ostensive ostentive outstrive overdrive oxidative partitive pendative perfusive perlative pervasive placative plaintive plicative plurative pollutive portative preactive precative precisive predative prederive prelusive prenative prescrive previsive primitive privative proactive probative profusive prolative promotive promptive pronative provisive pulldrive pulsative purgative purposive quesitive quotative radiative receptive recessive reclusive recursive redditive redeceive redeprive reductive refective reflexive reforgive rejective remissive repletive repulsive resentive resistive resoutive resultive retardive retentive retortive retrusive reunitive reversive revertive revulsive scriptive seclusive secretive seductive selective sensitive siccative sociative soliative spoilfive sputative structive sublative submotive subrisive subscrive subsecive subsicive succesive suffusive summative superhive supervive talkative tentative traditive ululative unabusive unamative unamusive undeceive underdive underhive underlive unelusive unemotive unerosive unevasive unfestive unpassive urinative usitative valuative variative versative vibrative violative writative
10-letter words (428)
abdicative aberrative abjunctive abnegative abrogative absolutive absorptive abstersive accusative acervative adaptative adequative adjunctive admirative admonitive adoptative adsorptive advocative affinitive afflictive affrontive aggressive airbrasive alimentive allocutive alterative ambulative ampliative amputative annotative apodictive apperceive appetitive applausive appointive appositive appraisive arrogative ascriptive assaultive assumptive astrictive astructive attemptive attractive augmentive autoactive automative automotive babblative capacitive capitative caritative catenative coadjutive coercitive cogitative cohibitive collective colorative combustive comitative commissive compassive completive complexive compulsive concaptive concentive conceptive concessive conclusive concoctive concretive concussive conductive congestive conjective connective consentive constative consultive contextive contorsive contortive convective conversive convertive convictive convulsive cooptative copulative corelative corrective corruptive credencive credensive cumulative cunctative decorative decreative dedicative definitive deflective defunctive degressive delegative denotative denudative depositive depressive depurative deputative derivative derogative descensive desolative detonative detractive devolutive devorative digressive dilatative diminutive disclosive discretive discursive discussive disdeceive disgracive dismissive dispansive dispensive dispersive disportive disruptive dissective dissentive dissuasive distensive distortive dominative dubitative ebullitive elongative emigrative enervative entitative equitative eructative estimative evacuative evaluative evidencive exaltative excerptive excitative excusative execrative exhaustive exhibitive expeditive exploitive expositive expressive extinctive extractive extroitive faculative famulative federative fermentive figurative floatative gainstrive geminative generative habitative hebetative hesitative hypoactive impeditive imperative impositive impressive impunitive imputative inadaptive inadhesive inchoative incitative incohesive increative incrustive incubative indagative indecisive indicative indurative infinitive inflective inflictive ingressive inhibitive initiative injunctive innovative inspective invocative irrelative irrigative irritative jaculative judicative klendusive lacerative levitative liberative limitative locomotive luminative lustrative macerative manumotive maturative medicative meditative memorative microdrive misforgive misreceive mitigative modulative motivative mulctative mutilative neglective nominative nonabusive noncursive nonelusive nonemotive nonerosive nonevasive nonfestive nonfictive nonstative numerative nunciative obligative obvolutive occupative omniactive opiniative oppilative oppositive oppressive ordinative overactive overstrive palliative pedomotive pejorative pendentive perceptive perculsive percussive perfective permansive permeative permissive permixtive perorative persistive persuasive perversive pervertive portentive portglaive possessive preceptive preclusive precursive predeceive predeprive predictive preemptive preforgive prehensive prereceive presentive pretensive preventive processive procursive productive professive projective promissive propulsive protective protensive protestive protrusive quantitive quassative quiddative readaptive recitative reconceive recontrive recreative recusative redemptive redressive reflective refractive refutative regressive regulative relaxative renovative reparative reperceive repetitive repressive repudative reputative resolutive resorptive respective respersive responsive resumptive retractive retreative revelative revocative rheumative roborative ruminative screwdrive sejunctive semblative semiactive seminative separative sigilative similative similitive simulative somniative splenative splenetive splenitive spoliative subfestive subjective submissive subreptive subsultive subventive subversive successive succussive suggestive suppletive supportive suppresive surjective susceptive suspensive sustentive tempestive tolerative tonalitive tormentive traductive transceive transitive ulcerative unablative unabortive unabrasive unadaptive unadhesive unadoptive unallusive uncohesive uncreative undecisive undelusive underdrive underisive undilative undivisive undulative uneffusive unejective unelective unemissive uneruptive unfixative unfugitive ungenitive unillusive unincisive uninfusive uninvasive unlocative unmutative unplausive unpleasive unpositive unpunitive unputative unreactive unrelative unrotative unsedative unsportive unvolitive usurpative vasoactive vegetative venerative vindictive visitative
11-letter words (491)
abstractive acetylative acquisitive adscriptive adumbrative adversative affirmative afformative affricative aggravative aggregative alleviative altercative alternative ambiversive amplicative anoxidative antierosive antitussive appellative applicative approbative arbitrative argumentive assertative associative assortative attenuative attestative attributive autoceptive beneceptive benedictive benefactive calculative calefactive captivative carminative castigative celebrative charitative cicatrisive circulative coadunative coagulative coexclusive coextensive cohortative colligative collocative colourative combinative comminative commulative communitive commutative comparative competitive compositive compressive compunctive computative concrescive condonative conflictive confutative congelative congressive conjugative conjunctive connotative consecutive consumptive contractive contrastive convocative convolutive cooperative corporative correlative coruscative criminative culminative cultivative declarative defensative deformative deglutitive degradative dehortative delineative demandative denigrative deoxidative deprecative deprivative descriptive desiccative designative destructive devastative deverbative diapositive diffractive discerptive discoursive disillusive disjunctive dispositive dispunitive disputative disscussive dissipative dissolutive distinctive distractive divestitive duplicative edificative efformative ejaculative elaborative eliminative elucidative enumerative enunciative eradicative evaporative examinative exclamative exculpative exfoliative exhortative exonerative expatiative expectative explanative explicative explorative expurgative exquisitive exsiccative extenuative extirpative fabricative facultative fascinative fecundative formicative frustrative geonegative geopositive germinative glutinative granulative gravitative gubernative humiliative hyperactive hypotensive imaginative imbricative impetrative implicative imprimitive improbative inattentive incarnative incognitive inconducive incorrosive inculcative inculpative indefective indefensive indigestive inebriative ineffective inexclusive inexpansive inexpensive inexplosive inextensive infirmative influencive informative inimitative innutritive inobtrusive inoculative inoffensive inoperative inquisitive inscriptive insensitive insinuative inspirative instigative instinctive institutive instructive integrative intensative intensitive interactive internecive interstrive introactive investitive irradiative irreceptive irreflexive irremissive irresultive irretentive itineritive legislative lubricative maladaptive maledictive mancipative manifestive manuductive manumissive matterative meliorative mensurative misconceive miscreative misperceive mordicative neuroactive nociceptive nonabortive nonabrasive nonadaptive nonadditive nonadhesive noncoercive noncohesive noncreative noncurative nondecisive nondelusive nonderisive nondivisive noneffusive nonejective nonelective nonentitive noneruptive nonevincive nonexertive nonfugitive nonillative nonillusive noninvasive nonmutative nonnegative nonpositive nonpunitive nonreactive nonrelative nonrotative nonsanative nonvegetive nuncupative objectative objurgative obscurative observative obstinative obstructive orientative originative oscillative overabusive overpensive parturitive penetrative percolative perforative persecutive personative perspective photoactive pignorative ponderative posttussive potestative preadaptive precinctive preconceive precontrive precreative predecisive predicative preelective preeruptive preinvasive premonitive premutative preparative preperceive prepositive prerogative prespective presumptive preteritive procoercive procreative procurative progenitive progressive prohibitive propagative prosecutive prospective prostrative protractive provocative pullulative punctuative qualitative radioactive rarefactive reattentive rebarbative recognitive recordative redargutive reeducative reformative reincentive reintuitive reiterative replicative reprobative repudiative requitative rescriptive reservative respirative restitutive restorative restrictive resultative retaliative retardative retributive retroactive segregative semicursive semipassive sigillative speculative sporulative stimulative subadditive subcreative subdivisive subjunctive subornative subsecutive substantive substrative subsumptive subtractive suffocative superactive superessive superlative superscrive supervisive suppositive suppressive suppurative suspirative syncopative temperative temulentive terminative terremotive titillative transfusive translative transmutive tribunitive tumefactive unabjective unadmissive unarrestive unaspersive unassentive unassertive unassuasive unattentive uncalmative uncausative uncollusive uncombative unconducive undeceptive undecretive undeductive undefective undefensive undiffusive undivertive uneducative uneffective unemanative unemulative unevocative unexceptive unexcessive unexclusive unexcursive unexpansive unexpensive unexplosive unexudative unformative unfricative unhortative unimitative unimpulsive uninceptive uninclusive uninductive uninfective uningestive unintensive unintrusive unintuitive uninvective uninventive unirruptive unisolative uniterative unlaudative unlucrative unmediative unmigrative unnarrative unnormative unnutritive unobjective unobtrusive unoffensive unoperative unostensive unoxidative unpartitive unpervasive unprecisive unprimitive unprobative unpromotive unpulsative unpurgative unpurposive unradiative unreceptive unrecessive unreclusive unrejective unremissive unrepulsive unresistive unresultive unretentive unseclusive unsecretive unseductive unselective unsensitive unsiccative unsuffusive untalkative unviolative vasifactive vasofactive vellicative ventilative verberative vibromotive vindicative vivisective voluntative vulnerative
12-letter words (457)
abirritative accelerative accompletive accumulative adjudicative affinitative albificative alimentative alliterative amalgamative ameliorative annihilative annunciative anticipative anticreative antireactive apperceptive appreciative apprehensive architective articulative asphyxiative asseverative assimilative augmentative auscultative autopositive birefractive calumniative capacitative chylifactive cinenegative circumscrive cognoscitive colliquative combinantive comfortative commentative compellative compensative complaintive complicative compulsative conciliative condensative confirmative congregative conscriptive consecrative conservative consociative conspirative constitutive constrictive constructive consultative consummative continuative contributive conversative coordinative counterdrive debilitative decongestive degenerative deliberative delimitative denominative denumerative denunciative deoppilative depopulative depreciative desiderative desquamative disconducive discursative disincentive disinfective dispensative disprobative disquisitive dissertative dissociative dissolvative distributive disturbative edulcorative effervescive emancipative emasculative equicohesive exaggerative exasperative excogitative excrementive exhilarative exploitative extratensive extraversive extravertive extroversive extrovertive exulcerative facilitative fashionative fermentative flagellative foreconceive forecontrive hereditative hyperemotive hypertensive illucidative illuminative illustrative imperceptive imperfective impregnative inadequative inaggressive inaugurative incogitative inconclusive incorruptive incrassative indefinitive inderivative inexhaustive inexpressive infiltrative inflammative ingenerative inhabitative inirritative inoppressive insubmissive insusceptive intellective intempestive interceptive intercessive interdictive intermissive interpretive interreceive interruptive interventive intoxicative intransitive introceptive introductive introjective intromissive intropulsive introversive introvertive invariantive invigorative irreflective irrepressive irrespective irresponsive jurisdictive liquefactive magistrative maladjustive manipulative mediopassive ministrative miseducative modificative neoformative nomenclative nonaccretive nonaddictive nonadjustive nonadmissive nonaffective nonassertive nonassistive noncausative noncognitive noncollusive noncombative nonconducive noncorrosive nondeceptive nondeductive nondefective nondefensive nondepletive nondigestive nondirective noneducative noneffective nonemulative nonevocative nonexcessive nonexclusive nonexecutive nonexpansive nonexplosive nonexpulsive nonextensive nonextortive nonextrusive nonformative nonfricative nongerundive nonimitative nonimpulsive noninclusive noninductive nonintrusive nonintuitive nonlucrative nonmediative nonnarrative nonnutritive nonobjective nonobsessive nonocclusive nonoffensive nonoperative nonostensive nonoxidative nonprimitive nonprobative nonpromotive nonpulsative nonpurgative nonpurposive nonradiative nonreceptive nonrecessive nonreclusive nonreductive nonresistive nonretentive nonrevertive nonseclusive nonsecretive nonselective nonsensitive nonsiccative nontalkative nontentative nonviolative normotensive obliterative omnispective opinionative overderisive overeffusive overlaxative overpositive overreactive passionative performative perspirative perturbative petrifactive posteruptive postmutative postpositive preadjective precognitive precollusive predefective preeffective preexclusive preextensive preformative preimitative preincentive preinductive preinventive preobjective preobtrusive preoffensive preoperative preprimitive prepurposive prescriptive presentative preservative pretentative preternative preventative proexecutive propitiative proscriptive psychoactive purificative putrefactive quantitative quidditative reaggressive recollective recompensive recuperative regenerative rejuvenative rememorative remunerative renunciative repercussive reprehensive reproductive resurrective retrocessive retropulsive rubificative satisfactive scribblative semelfactive semiadhesive semidivisive semipunitive semirotative seronegative seropositive sternutative stupefactive subeffective subformative subradiative subscriptive substitutive supersessive supplicative sustentative thermomotive tormentative transcursive transmissive transportive transudative transumptive transversive triplicative unabdicative unabrogative unabsorptive unadjunctive unaggressive unalterative unamputative unapplausive unattractive uncollective uncombustive uncompulsive unconclusive unconductive uncongestive uncontortive unconvictive unconvulsive uncorrective uncorruptive uncumulative undecorative undefinitive undeflective undenotative undepressive underivative underogative undetractive undigressive undiminutive undiscursive undominative undubitative unexhaustive unexpressive unfederative unfigurative ungenerative unhesitative unimperative unimpressive uninchoative unindicative unindurative uninflective uninhibitive uninitiative uninnovative unintroitive uninvocative unirritative unjudicative unlocomotive unmaturative unmedicative unmeditative unmitigative unmodulative unmutilative unnominative unobligative unoppressive unpalliative unpejorative unperceptive unpercussive unperfective unpermeative unpermissive unpersuasive unperversive unpossessive unpreceptive unpreclusive unpredictive unprehensive unpreventive unproductive unprojective unprotective unprotrusive unrecitative unredemptive unreflective unrefractive unregressive unregulative unrenovative unrepetitive unrepressive unrespective unresponsive unresumptive unretractive unruminative unseparative unsimulative unsubjective unsubmissive unsubversive unsubvertive unsuccessive unsuggestive unsusceptive unsuspective untolerative untransitive unulcerative unvenerative unvindictive verificative vituperative vivificative vociferative
13-letter words (389)
accommodative acculturative agglomerative agglutinative amplificative animadversive anticorrosive antinarrative antireductive antireflexive antisiccative appropriative approximative archdetective aregenerative argumentative assassinative authoritative autodigestive autoeducative autoinductive certificative chemisorptive chemosorptive circumventive cirrostrative coalternative collaborative commemorative commiserative communicative comprehensive concentrative condescensive confederative configurative conflagrative considerative consolidative contaminative contemplative contraceptive contradictive corresponsive corroborative counteractive decompressive decorrugative demonstrative denumerantive deteriorative determinative disconnective discontentive disfigurative disrespective dissemilative disseminative dissimilative dissimulative domesticative electromotive enculturative equilibrative expectorative expostulative exterminative exteroceptive extrapolative extrapunitive extrospective frequentative gesticulative hallucinative hydronegative hydropositive hyperreactive hyposensitive hypothecative idiorepulsive impenetrative impersonative improgressive incarcerative inconsecutive incorporative indescriptive indistinctive individuative induplicative infrigidative insuppressive interadditive intercalative interlocutive internegative interoceptive interpolative interrogative introgressive intropunitive introspective investigative irrestrictive justificative juxtapositive magnetomotive magnificative manifestative metainfective misexpressive necessitative neutroceptive neutropassive nonabdicative nonabsorptive nonadjunctive nonaffinitive nonaggressive nonappointive nonassumptive nonautomotive noncollective noncombustive noncompulsive nonconcessive nonconclusive nonconductive noncongestive nonconnective nonconvective noncorrective noncorruptive noncumulative nondecorative nondedicative nondefinitive nondeflective nondenotative nondepressive nonderivative nonderogative nondetractive nondiscursive nondispersive nondisruptive nondistortive nonentitative nonexcitative nonexhaustive nonexhibitive nonexpressive nonextractive nonfigurative nongenerative nonimperative nonimputative nonindurative noninhibitive nonjudicative nonlaminative nonlimitative nonmaturative nonmedicative nonmeditative nonmitigative nonoppressive nonpalliative nonpejorative nonperceptive nonpercussive nonpermeative nonpermissive nonpersuasive nonperversive nonpossessive nonpredictive nonpreventive nonproductive nonprojective nonprotective nonprotrusive nonrecitative nonredemptive nonreflective nonrefractive nonregressive nonregulative nonrepetitive nonrepressive nonresponsive nonruminative nonseparative nonsimulative nonsubjective nonsubmissive nonsubversive nonsuccessive nonsuggestive nonsusceptive nonsuspensive nontolerative nontransitive nonvegetative omniscriptive overassertive overattentive overdefensive overeducative overexpansive overextensive overimitative overinclusive overinflative overoffensive oversensitive overtalkative participative peregrinative perseverative philogenitive photoemissive photonegative photopositive ponderomotive postdigestive postinfective postoperative preaggressive precipitative preconcertive preconcessive precongestive preconnective precorruptive preexpressive prefigurative preimpressive preindicative prejudicative premeditative preoccupative preperceptive prepersuasive presuggestive prevaricative primogenitive progenerative proliferative pronunciative pseudocaptive qualificative ratiocinative reciprocative recriminative rectificative reduplicative refrigerative regerminative regurgitative reintegrative remonstrative repullulative resuscitative retrogressive retrospective reverberative sanctionative semidefensive semiexclusive semiexecutive seminarrative semiobjective semiocclusive semiprimitive semipurposive semireflexive semisociative significative specificative strangulative subderivative subindicative subordinative superpositive suprerogative teleobjective transcriptive transfugitive transgressive transmutative transpirative transpositive unabstractive unacquisitive unalleviative unapplicative unarbitrative unassociative unattributive uncalculative uncaptivative uncastigative uncirculative uncoagulative uncombinative uncommutative uncompetitive unconflictive unconfutative unconjunctive unconnotative unconsecutive unconsumptive uncontrastive uncooperative uncorrelative undeclarative undelineative undeprecative undescriptive undesignative undestructive undiffractive undistinctive unduplicative unelucidative unenumerative unenunciative uneradicative unevaporative unexhortative unexonerative unexplicative unexplorative ungerminative ungravitative unimaginative uninfluencive uninformative uninoculative uninquisitive uninsinuative uninstigative uninstinctive uninstitutive uninstructive unintegrative unirradiative unlegislative unlubricative unmaledictive unobstructive unoriginative unpenetrative unperforative unpersecutive unpredicative unpresumptive unprogressive unprohibitive unpropagative unprospective unprotractive unprovocative unradioactive unreformative unreiterative unreprobative unrepudiative unrestitutive unrestorative unrestrictive unretaliative unretributive unretroactive unsegregative unspeculative unstimulative unsubstantive unsubtractive unsuffocative unsuperlative unsuppositive unsuppressive unsuppurative unterminative vasoformative verbigerative
14-letter words (269)
administrative antiaggressive anticogitative anticonvulsive antidepressive antiderivative antiexpressive antimedicative antiproductive autoregressive autoregulative autosuggestive chemoreceptive chemosensitive circumspective conglomerative conglutinative consubstantive contrapositive cryoprotective defibrillative disaffirmative disaggregative disapprobative disciplinative discriminative disintegrative fructificative hyperexcursive hypernutritive hyperobtrusive hypersensitive immunoreactive inappreciative inapprehensive intercausative interdiffusive interobjective interpervasive interpretative interstinctive irreproductive misdescriptive misinformative misinstructive multiplicative nociperceptive nonacquisitive nonapplicative nonassociative nonattributive noncalculative noncoagulative noncombinative noncommutative noncompetitive noncompressive nonconflictive nonconjunctive nonconnotative nonconsecutive nonconsumptive noncontrastive noncooperative noncorporative noncorrelative nondeclarative nondelineative nondeprecative nondescriptive nondesignative nondestructive nondiffractive nondisjunctive nondissipative nondistinctive nondistractive nonduplicative nonelaborative noneliminative nonelucidative nonenumerative nonenunciative noneradicative nonevaporative nonexhortative nonexplanative nonexplicative nonexplorative nonextenuative nonfacultative nongerminative nongravitative nonimbricative nonimplicative noninformative noninoculative noninstinctive noninstructive noninteractive nonlegislative nonobstructive nonpersecutive nonperspective nonpredicative nonpreparative nonpresumptive nonprocreative nonprogressive nonprohibitive nonpropagative nonprovocative nonqualitative nonradioactive nonrepudiative nonrestorative nonrestrictive nonretardative nonretroactive nonsegregative nonspeculative nonstimulative nonsubstantive nonsubtractive nonsuppositive nonsuppressive nonsuppurative nonterminative nonventilative overaggressive overassumptive overdecorative overdepressive overexpressive overpermissive overproductive overprotective overreflective photoinductive photooxidative photoreceptive photosensitive postconceptive postconvulsive postdepressive preacquisitive preaffirmative precontractive predestinative preinsinuative preinstructive prelegislative presuppurative primoprimitive prolegislative proprioceptive prosubstantive radiosensitive recapitulative reciprocantive recommendative reconciliative reconstructive redintegrative redistributive rehabilitative representative retransmissive retrocognitive retrodirective semiexpositive semifigurative semiperceptive semiproductive semiprotective simplificative sophisticative subaggregative subapprobative subassociative subconjunctive subdisjunctive subdistinctive subimbricative subpredicative substantiative supereffective supererogative superincentive superinclusive superoffensive supersecretive supersensitive superstructive suprasensitive thigmonegative thigmopositive transformative transmigrative transportative ultraexcessive ultraexclusive ultrainclusive unaccelerative unaccumulative unalimentative unalliterative unamalgamative unameliorative unannihilative unannunciative unanticipative unapperceptive unappreciative unapprehensive unarticulative unassimilative unaugmentative uncalumniative uncompensative unconciliative unconfirmative uncongregative unconsecrative unconservative unconstrictive unconstructive unconsultative unconsummative uncontributive undebilitative undegenerative undeliberative undepreciative unemancipative unemasculative unexaggerative unexcogitative unexhilarative unexploitative unfermentative unilluminative unillustrative unintellective unintermissive uninterpretive uninterruptive unintroductive unintromittive unintroversive uninvigorative unmanipulative unministrative unmodificative unpresentative unpreventative unpropitiative unproscriptive unquantitative unrecollective unrecuperative unregenerative unremunerative unrenunciative unreproductive unsubstitutive untransmissive unverificative unvituperative
15-letter words (157)
anticoagulative anticommutative anticompetitive antiprogressive autoprogressive circumscriptive cirrocumulative complementative complimentative cosignificative decontaminative differentiative disassimilative electronegative electropositive excommunicative exemplificative experimentative inauthoritative incommunicative incomprehensive indeterminative insignificative instrumentative interderivative intergenerative interinhibitive interresponsive intersubjective intussusceptive locodescriptive misappreciative misapprehensive misconstructive neoconservative nonaccelerative nonaccumulative nonadjudicative nonalliterative nonanticipative nonappreciative nonapprehensive nonarticulative nonassimilative nonaugmentative noncompensative nonconfirmative noncongregative nonconservative nonconstrictive nonconstructive nonconsultative noncontributive nondebilitative nondegenerative nondenunciative nondepreciative nondesquamative nondistributive nonemancipative nonexaggerative nonfermentative nonilluminative nonillustrative noninterceptive noninterruptive nonintoxicative nonintroversive nonmanipulative nonmodificative nonopinionative nonprescriptive nonpreservative nonpropitiative nonproscriptive nonquantitative nonrecollective nonrecuperative nonregenerative nonremunerative nonreproductive nonsubstitutive nonvituperative overaffirmative overcompetitive overdescriptive overdestructive overimaginative overinstructive overpresumptive overspeculative overstimulative personificative phosphorylative photoconductive photoperceptive postsuppurative precontributive prereproductive pressosensitive proconscriptive procrastinative prognosticative pseudoassertive pseudoprimitive radioprotective retrogenerative retroreflective saccharoceptive semidestructive semilegislative seminvariantive semiprogressive semispeculative subarticulative subcompensative subintroductive superattractive superconductive superexpressive superinitiative thermosensitive transfigurative transsubjective ultrapersuasive unagglomerative unargumentative unauthoritative uncollaborative uncommemorative uncommiserative uncommunicative uncomprehensive unconcentrative uncontaminative uncontemplative uncontradictive uncorroborative undemonstrative underproductive undeteriorative unfrequentative ungesticulative uninterpolative uninterrogative unintrospective uninvestigative unmanifestative unparticipative unprecipitative unrecriminative unremonstrative unresuscitative unretrogressive unreverberative unsignificative unsubordinative
Frequently asked questions
How many words with the suffix IVE are there?
Our word list contains 2,846 words with the suffix IVE, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 4 to 15 letters, and the 11-letter group is the largest with 491 words.
What are the longest words with the suffix IVE?
The longest are anticoagulative (15 letters), anticommutative (15 letters) and anticompetitive (15 letters).
Which words with the suffix IVE score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are exemplificative (34 points), hyperexcursive (34 points) and excommunicative (33 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.
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