Abstract Nouns Ending in IVE and Containing A

Browse 127 valid English abstract nouns ending in IVE and containing A, from Active, Creative, Negative, Alternative, Initiative, Narrative and Passive to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our noun grammar guide to explore examples of abstract vs. concrete nouns.

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Starts with A
23 words
active
alternative
adjective
affirmative
accusative
aversive
attributive
ablative
appositive
applicative
augmentative
agentive
antiderivative
ameliorative
adversative
absolutive
admirative
appellative
allative
antinarrative
abessive
adessive
afformative
Starts with B
1 words
benefactive
Starts with C
17 words
creative
comparative
counternarrative
causative
correlative
copulative
contrapositive
continuative
counteractive
catenative
cohortative
cessative
constative
comitative
coalternative
compellative
contrafactive
Starts with D
13 words
derivative
demonstrative
declarative
dative
determinative
durative
dubitative
ditransitive
desiderative
denominative
deverbative
defensative
deprivative
Starts with E
4 words
ergative
exclamative
elative
equative
Starts with F
4 words
formative
factitive
factive
frequentative
Starts with H
2 words
hortative
hypersuperlative
Starts with I
11 words
initiative
imperative
indicative
iterative
interrogative
imitative
intransitive
inchoative
illative
incitative
intensative
Starts with L
2 words
locative
laudative
Starts with M
5 words
multiplicative
metanarrative
meliorative
mediopassive
modificative
Starts with N
7 words
negative
narrative
nominative
nonnarrative
nonderivative
numerative
necessitative
Starts with O
2 words
optative
obligative
Starts with P
18 words
passive
provocative
prerogative
pejorative
performative
palliative
preparative
purgative
predicative
partitive
privative
presentative
prolative
preformative
precative
predeterminative
predemonstrative
pseudoapplicative
Starts with Q
2 words
quotative
qualificative
Starts with R
3 words
recitative
reiterative
resultative
Starts with S
7 words
substantive
superlative
stimulative
stative
similative
sociative
subtersuperlative
Starts with T
3 words
transitive
translative
terminative
Starts with V
2 words
vocative
voluntative
Starts with W
1 words
waterdrive

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