Words Ending in IVE and Containing VE

Discover 1,665 playable English words ending in IVE and containing VE, from Give, Live, Drive, Receive, Positive, Active and Creative 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
active
alive
arrive
alternative
attractive
administrative
aggressive
archive
abusive
addictive
automotive
adjective
adaptive
affirmative
authoritative
apprehensive
attentive
additive
adhesive
assertive
abrasive
appreciative
adoptive
assistive
Starts with B
10 words
beehive
bioactive
bijective
bioaccumulative
belive
bioadhesive
benefactive
bisociative
benedictive
babblative
Starts with C
24 words
creative
conservative
competitive
comprehensive
cognitive
collaborative
collective
cooperative
constructive
conceive
cumulative
captive
comparative
consecutive
cohesive
compulsive
contraceptive
corrective
coercive
communicative
conclusive
conducive
contemplative
combative
Starts with D
24 words
drive
detective
dive
defensive
derive
destructive
deceive
distinctive
decisive
descriptive
disruptive
deprive
definitive
decorative
derivative
directive
divisive
deceptive
defective
digestive
dismissive
depressive
demonstrative
diminutive
Starts with E
24 words
effective
executive
expensive
exclusive
extensive
explosive
excessive
expressive
elusive
elective
expansive
evasive
exhaustive
evocative
exploitative
expletive
emotive
evaluative
effusive
extractive
erosive
endive
evaporative
exploitive
Starts with F
24 words
five
forgive
festive
fugitive
figurative
formative
furtive
fixative
fictive
fricative
facilitative
facultative
federative
fermentative
factitive
factive
frequentative
fruitive
fissive
flexecutive
fermentive
fluxive
forgetive
fascinative
Starts with G
13 words
give
generative
genitive
glaive
germinative
gerundive
gustative
gravitative
gesticulative
gestative
granulative
gemmative
gainstrive
Starts with H
24 words
hive
hyperactive
hypertensive
hypersensitive
hyperdrive
heteronormative
hyperaggressive
hyperresponsive
hypotensive
hortative
hyperreactive
hallucinative
hyperconservative
hyperproductive
habitative
hyperspeculative
humiliative
hesitative
homofermentative
humective
hemagglutinative
hebetative
hypersuperlative
heterofermentative
Starts with I
24 words
initiative
interactive
impressive
innovative
incentive
intuitive
intensive
inclusive
informative
imperative
indicative
inexpensive
ineffective
investigative
inactive
intrusive
invasive
imaginative
insensitive
immersive
interpretive
impulsive
instinctive
iterative
Starts with J
5 words
jive
jussive
justificative
judicative
jurisdictive
Starts with K
1 words
khedive
Starts with L
16 words
live
legislative
lucrative
locomotive
laxative
locative
liquefactive
lenitive
laudative
lubricative
limitative
lustrative
lacerative
lambitive
ligative
locorestive
Starts with M
24 words
massive
motive
manipulative
meditative
metacognitive
missive
multiplicative
maladaptive
misperceive
metanarrative
misconceive
microaggressive
mitigative
myeloproliferative
meliorative
misrepresentative
microdrive
misgive
mediative
mutative
microinvasive
motivative
magnetostrictive
mahoosive
Starts with N
24 words
negative
native
narrative
naive
normative
neurodegenerative
noninvasive
nominative
nonnative
nonresponsive
nosedive
neoconservative
noncompetitive
nonnegative
nutritive
nondestructive
nonexclusive
nonproductive
nonconsecutive
nonexecutive
nonintrusive
nonreactive
neurocognitive
nonsensitive
Starts with O
24 words
objective
offensive
olive
oppressive
obsessive
operative
outlive
overdrive
oxidative
overprotective
overactive
obstructive
obtrusive
oversensitive
overaggressive
ogive
optative
occlusive
outdrive
ostensive
overimaginative
outgive
olfactive
originative
Starts with P
24 words
positive
perspective
progressive
productive
perceive
protective
passive
primitive
prospective
proactive
provocative
predictive
persuasive
preventive
possessive
punitive
pervasive
perceptive
prohibitive
prerogative
pejorative
prescriptive
preservative
pensive
Starts with Q
7 words
qualitative
quantitative
quotative
quietive
qualificative
quidditative
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
sensitive
subjective
supportive
selective
substantive
successive
strive
speculative
submissive
suggestive
seductive
secretive
superlative
sedative
subversive
suppressive
subjunctive
skydive
summative
skive
subtractive
supermassive
supereffective
Starts with T
24 words
thrive
tentative
transformative
talkative
transitive
transgressive
transportive
tractive
tardive
transmissive
translative
transcriptive
tensive
terminative
titillative
tolerative
transmutative
totitive
tussive
transfusive
traditive
traductive
thermoelectromotive
tortive
Starts with U
24 words
unattractive
unresponsive
unproductive
unalive
unimpressive
unobtrusive
uncooperative
unimaginative
uncompetitive
unrepresentative
uninformative
unsupportive
ultraconservative
ulcerative
ultrasensitive
unappreciative
uncommunicative
uncreative
unpersuasive
unreceptive
unselective
unaggressive
unassertive
unreflective
Starts with V
24 words
vindictive
vegetative
votive
vive
vituperative
violative
vocative
vasoactive
vasoconstrictive
volitive
valuative
vindicative
vomitive
vegetive
variative
venerative
vitative
vibrative
visive
ventilative
verificative
visitative
voluntative
vivisective
Starts with W
4 words
waive
wive
writative
waterdrive

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