Words Ending in IVE and Containing R

Discover 885 playable English words ending in IVE and containing R, from Drive, Receive, Creative, Arrive, Conservative, Relative and Survive to rarer plays. Each entry is verified for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, and daily writing, complete with letter counts and meanings below.

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Starts with A
24 words
arrive
alternative
attractive
administrative
aggressive
archive
affirmative
authoritative
apprehensive
assertive
abrasive
appreciative
argumentative
abortive
antihypertensive
aversive
absorptive
accretive
attributive
alliterative
anticorrosive
appropriative
assortative
aggregative
Starts with C
24 words
creative
conservative
comprehensive
collaborative
cooperative
constructive
comparative
contraceptive
corrective
coercive
commemorative
counterproductive
corrosive
counterintuitive
contrive
cursive
counteroffensive
compressive
curative
counternarrative
contributive
contrastive
correlative
corroborative
Starts with D
24 words
drive
derive
destructive
descriptive
disruptive
deprive
decorative
derivative
directive
depressive
demonstrative
degenerative
declarative
deliberative
derisive
discursive
distributive
discriminative
determinative
dispersive
digressive
deconstructive
distractive
diffractive
Starts with E
24 words
expressive
extractive
erosive
evaporative
explorative
eruptive
elaborative
electronegative
extrusive
electropositive
ergative
electromotive
electroconvulsive
enumerative
electroactive
excursive
embracive
extrapolative
exonerative
erective
exaggerative
exertive
expurgative
electrosensitive
Starts with F
13 words
forgive
figurative
formative
furtive
fricative
federative
fermentative
frequentative
fruitive
fermentive
forgetive
fabricative
fructive
Starts with G
6 words
generative
germinative
gerundive
gravitative
granulative
gainstrive
Starts with H
15 words
hyperactive
hypertensive
hypersensitive
hyperdrive
heteronormative
hyperaggressive
hyperresponsive
hortative
hyperreactive
hyperconservative
hyperproductive
hyperspeculative
homofermentative
hypersuperlative
heterofermentative
Starts with I
24 words
interactive
impressive
informative
imperative
intrusive
immersive
interpretive
iterative
instructive
introspective
irrespective
illustrative
integrative
interrogative
interpretative
intransitive
immunosuppressive
intraoperative
inoperative
inexpressive
intersubjective
interruptive
irresponsive
imperceptive
Starts with J
1 words
jurisdictive
Starts with L
5 words
lucrative
lubricative
lustrative
lacerative
locorestive
Starts with M
20 words
misperceive
metanarrative
microaggressive
myeloproliferative
meliorative
misrepresentative
microdrive
microinvasive
magnetostrictive
maladministrative
mechanoreceptive
maturative
memorative
mensurative
misdrive
ministrative
misapprehensive
miscreative
macerative
misappreciative
Starts with N
24 words
narrative
normative
neurodegenerative
nonresponsive
neoconservative
nutritive
nondestructive
nonproductive
nonintrusive
nonreactive
neurocognitive
nonaggressive
noninteractive
noncooperative
nonoperative
nonconservative
nonrelative
neuroprotective
nondisruptive
noncreative
nonassertive
nonrestrictive
nonpenetrative
nonprogressive
Starts with O
24 words
oppressive
operative
overdrive
overprotective
overactive
obstructive
obtrusive
oversensitive
overaggressive
outdrive
overimaginative
originative
overassertive
obliterative
overconservative
overattentive
overcommunicative
overtalkative
overlive
observative
overapprehensive
overdemonstrative
overgive
overrepresentative
Starts with P
24 words
perspective
progressive
productive
perceive
protective
primitive
prospective
proactive
provocative
predictive
persuasive
preventive
pervasive
perceptive
prohibitive
prerogative
pejorative
prescriptive
preservative
permissive
performative
preemptive
presumptive
preoperative
Starts with Q
1 words
quadriderivative
Starts with R
24 words
receive
relative
representative
reproductive
revive
respective
responsive
reflective
repetitive
restrictive
retrospective
reactive
radioactive
receptive
retroactive
relive
regressive
repressive
repulsive
recessive
redemptive
recursive
restorative
reflexive
Starts with S
24 words
survive
supportive
strive
secretive
superlative
subversive
suppressive
subtractive
supermassive
supereffective
seropositive
supersensitive
sportive
shrive
superexpensive
surjective
superconductive
separative
suppurative
superactive
sterndrive
stereoselective
seronegative
superconservative
Starts with T
24 words
thrive
transformative
transitive
transgressive
transportive
tractive
tardive
transmissive
translative
transcriptive
terminative
tolerative
transmutative
transfusive
traditive
traductive
thermoelectromotive
tortive
transmigrative
transpositive
torsive
temperative
transumptive
transubstantiative
Starts with U
24 words
unattractive
unresponsive
unproductive
unimpressive
unobtrusive
uncooperative
unrepresentative
uninformative
unsupportive
ultraconservative
ulcerative
ultrasensitive
unappreciative
uncreative
unpersuasive
unreceptive
unaggressive
unassertive
unreflective
undemonstrative
underactive
unconstructive
unremunerative
unperceptive
Starts with V
6 words
vituperative
vasoconstrictive
variative
venerative
vibrative
verificative
Starts with W
2 words
writative
waterdrive

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