Words Ending in VE and Containing R

Browse 1,047 verified English words ending in VE and containing R, including Drive, Receive, Serve, Improve, Creative, Remove and Arrive. Validated against official game lexicons for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, and daily writing, explore definitions and letter counts below.

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Starts with A
24 words
arrive
alternative
attractive
approve
administrative
aggressive
archive
affirmative
authoritative
apprehensive
assertive
abrasive
appreciative
argumentative
aftershave
abortive
antihypertensive
aversive
absorptive
airwave
accretive
attributive
alliterative
architrave
Starts with B
6 words
brave
bereave
brainwave
breve
burgrave
brieve
Starts with C
24 words
creative
conservative
curve
comprehensive
collaborative
cooperative
constructive
comparative
crave
carve
conserve
contraceptive
corrective
coercive
commemorative
counterproductive
corrosive
counterintuitive
contrive
cursive
counteroffensive
compressive
curative
counternarrative
Starts with D
24 words
drive
drove
deserve
derive
destructive
descriptive
disruptive
deprive
decorative
derivative
directive
depressive
disapprove
demonstrative
disprove
degenerative
declarative
deliberative
derisive
discursive
distributive
discriminative
determinative
dispersive
Starts with E
24 words
expressive
engrave
extractive
erosive
evaporative
explorative
eruptive
elaborative
electronegative
extrusive
electropositive
ergative
electromotive
electroconvulsive
enumerative
electroactive
excursive
embracive
extrapolative
exonerative
erective
exaggerative
exertive
expurgative
Starts with F
14 words
forgive
figurative
formative
furtive
fricative
federative
fermentative
frequentative
fruitive
fermentive
forgetive
fabricative
fructive
ferroinclave
Starts with G
11 words
grave
grove
generative
grieve
groove
greave
germinative
gerundive
gravitative
granulative
gainstrive
Starts with H
16 words
hyperactive
hypertensive
hypersensitive
hyperdrive
hereinabove
heteronormative
hyperaggressive
hyperresponsive
hortative
hyperreactive
hyperconservative
hyperproductive
hyperspeculative
homofermentative
hypersuperlative
heterofermentative
Starts with I
24 words
improve
interactive
impressive
informative
imperative
intrusive
immersive
interpretive
iterative
instructive
introspective
irrespective
illustrative
integrative
interrogative
interweave
interpretative
intransitive
immunosuppressive
intraoperative
inoperative
interleave
inexpressive
intersubjective
Starts with J
1 words
jurisdictive
Starts with L
7 words
lucrative
lurve
landgrave
lubricative
lustrative
lacerative
locorestive
Starts with M
24 words
microwave
mangrove
misperceive
metanarrative
microaggressive
margrave
myeloproliferative
meliorative
misrepresentative
microgroove
microdrive
microinvasive
magnetostrictive
maladministrative
mechanoreceptive
misobserve
maturative
memorative
mensurative
misdrive
ministrative
misapprehensive
miscreative
macerative
Starts with N
24 words
narrative
nerve
normative
neurodegenerative
nonresponsive
neoconservative
nutritive
nondestructive
nonproductive
nonintrusive
nonreactive
neurocognitive
nonaggressive
noninteractive
noncooperative
nonoperative
nonconservative
nonrelative
neuroprotective
nondisruptive
noncreative
nonassertive
nonrestrictive
nonpenetrative
Starts with O
24 words
observe
oppressive
operative
overdrive
overprotective
overactive
obstructive
obtrusive
oversensitive
overachieve
overaggressive
outdrive
overimaginative
overserve
outserve
originative
outbrave
overassertive
obliterative
overconservative
overattentive
overcommunicative
overtalkative
overlive
Starts with P
24 words
prove
perspective
progressive
preserve
productive
perceive
protective
primitive
prospective
proactive
provocative
predictive
persuasive
preventive
pervasive
perceptive
prohibitive
prerogative
pejorative
prescriptive
preservative
permissive
performative
preemptive
Starts with Q
1 words
quadriderivative
Starts with R
24 words
receive
remove
relative
representative
reserve
resolve
relieve
reproductive
retrieve
revive
respective
responsive
reflective
repetitive
rave
restrictive
retrospective
reactive
radioactive
receptive
revolve
retroactive
relive
regressive
Starts with S
24 words
serve
survive
supportive
starve
strive
swerve
secretive
superlative
subversive
shortwave
suppressive
shirtsleeve
subtractive
supermassive
supereffective
seropositive
supersensitive
sportive
shrive
superexpensive
subserve
surjective
superconductive
separative
Starts with T
24 words
thrive
transformative
trove
transitive
transgressive
turtledove
transportive
tractive
truelove
tardive
transmissive
translative
transcriptive
terminative
trave
tolerative
transmutative
thrave
transfusive
trivalve
traditive
traductive
thermoelectromotive
tortive
Starts with U
24 words
unattractive
unresponsive
unproductive
unimpressive
unobtrusive
uncooperative
unnerve
unrepresentative
uninformative
unsupportive
ultraconservative
ulcerative
underachieve
ultrasensitive
unappreciative
uncreative
unpersuasive
unreceptive
unaggressive
unassertive
unreflective
undemonstrative
underactive
unconstructive
Starts with V
9 words
verve
vaporwave
vituperative
vasoconstrictive
varve
variative
venerative
vibrative
verificative
Starts with W
7 words
waldgrave
wildgrave
wirewove
writative
wharve
woodreeve
waterdrive
Starts with Y
1 words
yestereve

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