Nouns Ending in IVE and Containing A
This list gathers 216 English nouns ending in IVE and containing A, such as Active, Creative, Negative, Conservative, Relative, Native and Alternative. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review pluralization and capitalization rules.
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Starts with A
24 words active
alternative
archive
adjective
affirmative
additive
adhesive
abrasive
antihypertensive
accusative
aversive
attributive
ablative
appositive
anticorrosive
applicative
augmentative
agentive
antitussive
antiresorptive
antiderivative
ameliorative
adversative
absolutive
Starts with B
2 words bioadhesive
benefactive
Starts with C
24 words creative
conservative
collaborative
cooperative
captive
comparative
contraceptive
contemplative
commemorative
curative
counternarrative
causative
correlative
carminative
copulative
contrapositive
continuative
counteractive
calmative
catenative
cohortative
cessative
constative
comitative
Starts with D
19 words derivative
demonstrative
declarative
dissociative
dative
determinative
durative
dubitative
ditransitive
desiderative
donative
diapositive
denominative
desiccative
deverbative
depurative
deoppilative
defensative
deprivative
Starts with E
10 words extractive
ergative
exclamative
elative
equative
exfoliative
expurgative
evacuative
exsiccative
expectorative
Starts with F
6 words formative
fixative
fricative
factitive
factive
frequentative
Starts with G
1 words glaive
Starts with H
3 words hortative
hyperconservative
hypersuperlative
Starts with I
14 words initiative
interactive
imperative
indicative
iterative
interrogative
imitative
intransitive
inchoative
illative
internegative
incitative
intensative
incrassative
Starts with L
5 words laxative
locative
laudative
limitative
lambitive
Starts with M
8 words manipulative
multiplicative
metanarrative
meliorative
mediopassive
maturative
modificative
mundificative
Starts with N
12 words negative
native
narrative
nominative
nonnative
neoconservative
nonconservative
nonrelative
nonnarrative
nonderivative
numerative
necessitative
Starts with O
4 words operative
optative
obligative
oppilative
Starts with P
23 words passive
provocative
prerogative
pejorative
preservative
performative
psychoactive
palliative
preparative
purgative
predicative
partitive
privative
photonegative
portative
presentative
prolative
preformative
pseudoconservative
precative
predeterminative
predemonstrative
pseudoapplicative
Starts with Q
3 words quotative
qualificative
quadriderivative
Starts with R
11 words relative
representative
restorative
recitative
reiterative
reduplicative
resultative
refrigerative
reservative
relaxative
resinoextractive
Starts with S
14 words substantive
superlative
sedative
stimulative
stative
suppurative
schizoaffective
superconservative
siccative
similative
sternutative
sociative
stupefactive
subtersuperlative
Starts with T
3 words transitive
translative
terminative
Starts with U
2 words ultraconservative
urinative
Starts with V
2 words vocative
voluntative
Starts with W
1 words waterdrive