Words ending in IVE
Every word in the dictionary whose last 3 letters are IVE — 965 of 172,823.
- Words
- 965
- Everyday
- 235in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 20polyphiloprogenitive
- Shortest
- 49 words tie
- abortive
- abrasive
- abusive
- active
- adaptive
- addictive
- additive
- adhesive
- adjective
- administrative
- affirmative
- aggressive
- alive
- alternative
- appreciative
- apprehensive
- archive
- argumentative
- arrive
- assertive
- associative
- attentive
- attractive
- authoritative
- automotive
- beehive
- captive
- cognitive
- collaborative
- collective
- communicative
- commutative
- comparative
- competitive
- comprehensive
- compulsive
- conceive
- conclusive
- conducive
- connective
- consecutive
- conservative
- constructive
- contemplative
- contraceptive
- contrive
- convulsive
- cooperative
- corrective
- corrosive
- creative
- cumulative
- deceive
- deceptive
- decisive
- decorative
- deductive
- defective
- defensive
- definitive
- demonstrative
- deprive
- derivative
- derive
- descriptive
- destructive
- detective
- digestive
- diminutive
- directive
- disincentive
- dismissive
- disruptive
- distinctive
- dive
- divisive
- drive
- effective
- effusive
- elective
- elusive
- emotive
- endive
- evasive
- evocative
- excessive
- exclusive
- executive
- exhaustive
- expansive
- expensive
- expletive
- explosive
- expressive
- extensive
- festive
- figurative
- five
- forgive
- formative
- fugitive
- furtive
- give
- hive
- illustrative
- imaginative
- imitative
- impassive
- imperative
- impressive
- impulsive
- inactive
- incentive
- incisive
- inclusive
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indicative
- ineffective
- inexpensive
- infinitive
- informative
- initiative
- innovative
- inoffensive
- inoperative
- inquisitive
- insensitive
- instinctive
- instructive
- intensive
- interactive
- intransitive
- introspective
- intrusive
- intuitive
- invective
- inventive
- irrespective
- iterative
- laxative
- legislative
- live
- locomotive
- lucrative
- massive
- missive
- motive
- multiplicative
- naive
- narrative
- native
- negative
- nominative
- objective
- obsessive
- obstructive
- obtrusive
- offensive
- olive
- operative
- oppressive
- outlive
- passive
- pensive
- perceive
- perceptive
- permissive
- perspective
- persuasive
- pervasive
- plaintive
- positive
- possessive
- prerogative
- preservative
- preventive
- primitive
- productive
- progressive
- prohibitive
- prospective
- protective
- provocative
- punitive
- putative
- qualitative
- quantitative
- radioactive
- reactive
- receive
- receptive
- recursive
- reflective
- reflexive
- relative
- relive
- repetitive
- representative
- repressive
- reproductive
- repulsive
- respective
- responsive
- restive
- restrictive
- retroactive
- retrospective
- revive
- secretive
- sedative
- seductive
- selective
- sensitive
- speculative
- strive
- subjective
- subjunctive
- submissive
- subversive
- successive
- suggestive
- superlative
- supportive
- survive
- talkative
- tentative
- thrive
- transitive
- unattractive
- unimaginative
- uninformative
- unrepresentative
- vindictive
- waive
- ablative
- absorptive
- accumulative
- accusative
- acquisitive
- adjudicative
- adoptive
- affective
- alliterative
- allusive
- ameliorative
- annotative
- appointive
- appositive
- assortative
- assumptive
- attributive
- augmentative
- causative
- chive
- coercive
- coextensive
- cogitative
- cohesive
- collusive
- combative
- combustive
- commemorative
- commiserative
- compressive
- concussive
- conductive
- congestive
- conjunctive
- connive
- connotative
- constitutive
- constrictive
- consultative
- consumptive
- convective
- copulative
- correlative
- corroborative
- counteractive
- counterintuitive
- counteroffensive
- counterproductive
- curative
- cursive
- dative
- declarative
- deflective
- degenerative
- deliberative
- delusive
- denotative
- depressive
- derisive
- diffusive
- digressive
- discursive
- disjunctive
- dissociative
- dissuasive
Showing the first 300 of 965, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. Use the finder with a length filter to reach the rest.
What is in this list
The longest is polyphiloprogenitive at 20 letters.
They run from 4 to 20 letters; 170 of them have 11 letters, more than any other length.
235 of them — 24% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of E, I and V.
The one furthest down the tiers is auditive, filed in the unranked list.
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Other endings of 3 letters
Elsewhere
- All …VE1,200
- starts ACC
- starts ALL
- starts ANA
- starts ANT
- starts APP
- starts ASS
- starts AUT
- starts BAC
- starts BAL
- starts BAN
- starts BAR
- starts BED
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.