Words Ending in IVE

1434 words ending in IVE, from 4 to 15 letters. Pick a length to see its full list.

  • dive8
  • five10
  • give8
  • hive10
  • jive14
  • live7
  • cive9
  • rive7
  • vive10
  • wive10
  • alive8
  • drive9
  • naive8
  • olive8
  • waive11
  • blive10
  • chive13
  • knive12
  • neive8
  • ogive9
  • reive8
  • shive11
  • skive12
  • slive8
  • snive8
  • stive8
  • swive11
  • active11
  • arrive9
  • derive10
  • motive11
  • native9
  • relive9
  • revive12
  • strive9
  • thrive12
  • belive11
  • bylive14
  • cruive11
  • dative10
  • endive10
  • essive9
  • fixive19
  • glaive10
  • musive11
  • regive10
  • sative9

7 Letter Words Ending in IVE

55 words, 13 common
  • abusive12
  • archive15
  • captive14
  • deceive13
  • deprive13
  • elusive10
  • evasive13
  • festive13
  • forgive14
  • massive12
  • passive12
  • receive12
  • survive13
  • amative12
  • amusive12
  • beehive15
  • caitive12
  • codrive13
  • connive12
  • convive15

8 Letter Words Ending in IVE

110 words, 20 common
  • abrasive13
  • adaptive14
  • additive13
  • adhesive15
  • adoptive14
  • cohesive16
  • conceive15
  • creative13
  • decisive14
  • divisive15
  • elective13
  • fugitive15
  • inactive13
  • invasive14
  • negative12
  • perceive15
  • positive13
  • punitive13
  • reactive13
  • relative11

9 Letter Words Ending in IVE

207 words, 50 common
  • addictive16
  • adjective22
  • assertive12
  • attentive12
  • cognitive15
  • conducive17
  • corrosive14
  • deceptive17
  • defective18
  • defensive16
  • detective15
  • digestive14
  • directive15
  • effective20
  • evocative17
  • excessive21
  • exclusive21
  • executive21
  • expansive21
  • expensive21

10 Letter Words Ending in IVE

273 words, 45 common
  • aggressive15
  • attractive15
  • automotive15
  • collective17
  • compulsive19
  • conclusive17
  • conductive18
  • connective17
  • corrective17
  • cumulative17
  • decorative16
  • definitive17
  • depressive16
  • derivative17
  • diminutive16
  • dismissive16
  • disruptive16
  • exhaustive23
  • expressive22
  • figurative17

11 Letter Words Ending in IVE

269 words, 27 common
  • affirmative22
  • alternative14
  • comparative20
  • competitive20
  • consecutive18
  • cooperative18
  • descriptive19
  • destructive17
  • distinctive17
  • imaginative17
  • ineffective22
  • inexpensive23
  • informative19
  • insensitive14
  • instinctive16
  • interactive16
  • legislative15
  • perspective20
  • prerogative17
  • progressive17

12 Letter Words Ending in IVE

200 words, 17 common
  • appreciative21
  • apprehensive22
  • conservative20
  • constructive19
  • consultative17
  • degenerative17
  • illustrative15
  • inconclusive19
  • interpretive17
  • irrespective19
  • manipulative19
  • preventative20
  • quantitative24
  • regenerative16
  • reproductive20
  • unattractive17
  • unproductive20
  • accelerative19
  • accumulative21
  • adjudicative26
  • authoritative19
  • collaborative20
  • commemorative24
  • comprehensive25
  • contraceptive22
  • investigative20
  • retrospective20
  • accommodative25
  • acculturative20
  • aerodigestive18
  • agglomerative20
  • agglutinative18
  • anticorrosive18
  • antinarrative16
  • appropriative22
  • approximative29
  • argumentative19
  • circumventive25
  • cirrostrative18
  • commiserative22
  • administrative20
  • representative19
  • transformative22
  • anticonvulsive22
  • antiderivative21
  • antireflective22
  • antiresorptive19
  • antisubversive22
  • autosuggestive19
  • chemoreceptive28
  • circumspective27
  • conglomerative22
  • conglutinative20
  • congratulative20
  • contrapositive21
  • cryoprotective26
  • deconstructive22
  • disaggregative21
  • disapprobative24
  • discriminative22
  • anticompetitive24
  • antiprogressive21
  • antispeculative22
  • autodestructive21
  • bioaccumulative26
  • chemopreventive30
  • circumscriptive28
  • cosignificative26
  • counteradaptive23
  • decontaminative23
  • disassimilative21
  • electronegative21
  • electropositive22
  • excommunicative33
  • exemplificative34
  • experimentative29
  • heteronormative23
  • hyperaggressive28
  • hyperproductive31
  • hyperresponsive28

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Words Ending in IVE: Questions

How many words ending in IVE are there?

There are 1,434 words ending in IVE in our dictionary, ranging from 4 to 15 letters long.

What is the longest word ending in IVE?

ANTICOMPETITIVE is one of the longest at 15 letters, which is as long as these lists run.

What are some common words ending in IVE?

AGGRESSIVE, ATTRACTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE are among the most familiar words ending in IVE. Pick a word length to see the full list for that length.

Are these words ending in IVE valid in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Every word is drawn from a tournament word list, so most are playable everywhere. Open the list for a given length to filter it down to Scrabble US (NWL2023), Scrabble UK (CSW24) or Words With Friends.