Abstract Nouns Ending in VE and Containing E

This list gathers 253 English abstract nouns ending in VE and containing E, such as Give, Leave, Move, Love, Drive, Positive and Active. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to explore examples of abstract vs. concrete nouns.

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Starts with A
24 words
above
active
alternative
adjective
affirmative
ave
autosave
aave
accusative
aversive
attributive
ablative
appositive
applicative
augmentative
agentive
antiderivative
ameliorative
adversative
absolutive
admirative
appellative
allative
antinarrative
Starts with B
2 words
brainwave
benefactive
Starts with C
24 words
creative
curve
comprehensive
comparative
corrective
connective
cursive
counteroffensive
conjunctive
counternarrative
countermove
causative
correlative
clave
crimewave
copulative
contrapositive
concessive
chillwave
continuative
counteractive
completive
catenative
cohortative
Starts with D
24 words
drive
dive
defensive
dissolve
derivative
directive
demonstrative
diminutive
declarative
distributive
disincentive
dative
determinative
disjunctive
durative
dubitative
ditransitive
desiderative
denominative
duckshove
deverbative
discretive
delocutive
defensative
Starts with E
10 words
eve
elective
expletive
ergative
exclamative
elative
equative
essive
equipluve
equicurve
Starts with F
5 words
five
formative
factitive
factive
frequentative
Starts with G
4 words
give
groove
genitive
gerundive
Starts with H
5 words
heave
hyperdrive
hortative
hoove
hypersuperlative
Starts with I
20 words
initiative
incentive
intensive
imperative
indicative
iterative
interrogative
infinitive
imitative
intransitive
invective
injunctive
imperfective
inceptive
inchoative
illative
inessive
intensitive
incitative
intensative
Starts with J
2 words
jive
jussive
Starts with L
5 words
leave
love
lurve
locative
laudative
Starts with M
9 words
move
motive
multiplicative
metanarrative
meliorative
mediopassive
mismove
misdrive
modificative
Starts with N
9 words
negative
narrative
nerve
nominative
nosedive
nonnarrative
nonderivative
numerative
necessitative
Starts with O
7 words
objective
offensive
octave
overdrive
optative
obligative
overlove
Starts with P
24 words
positive
perspective
progressive
preserve
passive
primitive
provocative
preventive
possessive
prerogative
pejorative
performative
palliative
peeve
preparative
purgative
perve
perfective
predicative
partitive
privative
prepositive
premove
predive
Starts with Q
2 words
quotative
qualificative
Starts with R
16 words
remove
reserve
resolve
retrieve
rave
restrictive
retrospective
reprieve
recessive
reflexive
rove
recitative
reiterative
redrive
resumptive
resultative
Starts with S
23 words
save
solve
subjective
shave
substantive
swerve
superlative
stave
salve
shockwave
subjunctive
skive
stimulative
stative
swive
suppletive
similative
steeve
sociative
suboctave
suppositive
subcontraoctave
subtersuperlative
Starts with T
5 words
twelve
transitive
translative
terminative
totitive
Starts with U
2 words
unreserve
upcurve
Starts with V
5 words
verve
vaporwave
vocative
volitive
voluntative
Starts with W
3 words
wave
wayleave
waterdrive

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