Words Ending With TIVE
Explore the intriguing collection of words that conclude with the letter TIVE. This section emphasizes how the final placement of TIVE influences the tone and character of each word. Whether it's common vocabulary or less familiar terms, uncover the unique impact of ending with TIVE in the world of words.
5 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| stive | 8 | - | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| active | 11 | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | on active duty |
| motive | 11 | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | he acted with the best of motives |
| native | 9 | characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | native Americans |
| votive | 12 | dedicated in fulfillment of a vow | votive prayers |
| dative | 10 | the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb | - |
| sative | 9 | - | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| captive | 14 | giving or marked by complete attention to | - |
| festive | 13 | offering fun and gaiety | a festive (or festal) occasion |
| restive | 10 | being in a tense state | - |
| furtive | 13 | secret and sly or sordid | furtive behavior |
| emotive | 12 | characterized by emotion | - |
| factive | 15 | - | - |
| elative | 10 | - | - |
| costive | 12 | retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating | - |
| fictive | 15 | adopted in order to deceive | fictive sympathy |
| amative | 12 | inclined toward or displaying love | - |
| caitive | 12 | - | - |
| unitive | 10 | - | - |
| tortive | 10 | - | - |
| stative | 10 | (used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action | - |
8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| positive | 13 | involving advantage or good | a plus (or positive) factor |
| negative | 12 | designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | negative criticism |
| creative | 13 | having the ability or power to create | a creative imagination |
| relative | 11 | an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | - |
| fugitive | 15 | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | fugitives from the sweatshops |
| sedative | 12 | tending to soothe or tranquilize | took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed |
| adoptive | 14 | acquired as your own by free choice | an adoptive country |
| laxative | 18 | a mild cathartic | - |
| reactive | 13 | reacting to a stimulus | the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons |
| inactive | 13 | lacking in energy or will | - |
| punitive | 13 | inflicting punishment | punitive justice |
| elective | 13 | a course that the student can select from among alternatives | - |
| additive | 13 | designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | - |
| adaptive | 14 | having a capacity for adaptation | the adaptive coloring of a chameleon |
| curative | 13 | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | - |
| sportive | 13 | given to merry frolicking | - |
| mutative | 13 | of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation | the mutative processes of nature |
| genitive | 12 | the case expressing ownership | - |
| putative | 13 | purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds | the foundling's putative father |
| abortive | 13 | failing to accomplish an intended result | an abortive revolt |
| eruptive | 13 | produced by the action of fire or intense heat | - |
| equative | 20 | - | - |
| eventive | 14 | - | - |
| ablative | 13 | the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb | - |
| dilative | 12 | - | - |
| dilutive | 12 | - | - |
| denotive | 12 | having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | - |
| deletive | 12 | - | - |
| conative | 13 | - | - |
| coactive | 15 | - | - |
| ligative | 12 | - | - |
| locative | 13 | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb | - |
| lenitive | 11 | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | - |
| orective | 13 | - | - |
| optative | 13 | a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs | - |
| monitive | 13 | - | - |
| innative | 11 | - | - |
| illative | 11 | relating to or having the nature of illation or inference | the illative faculty of the mind |
| ideative | 12 | - | - |
| donative | 12 | - | - |
| fructive | 16 | - | - |
| fruitive | 14 | - | - |
| fixative | 21 | a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study | - |
| exertive | 18 | - | - |
| exaptive | 20 | - | - |
| erective | 13 | - | - |
| ergative | 12 | - | - |
| enactive | 13 | - | - |
| eductive | 14 | - | - |
| egestive | 12 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| detective | 15 | a police officer who investigates crimes | - |
| sensitive | 12 | hurting | - |
| executive | 21 | someone who manages a government agency or department | - |
| effective | 20 | exerting force or influence | the law is effective immediately |
| objective | 23 | serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | objective case |
| primitive | 16 | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization | - |
| operative | 14 | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government | - |
| talkative | 16 | friendly and open and willing to talk | - |
| secretive | 14 | inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | - |
| attentive | 12 | taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | - |
| narrative | 12 | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | his narrative was interesting |
| lucrative | 14 | producing a sizeable profit | - |
| defective | 18 | having a defect | I returned the appliance because it was defective |
| incentive | 14 | an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | - |
| seductive | 15 | tending to entice into a desired action or state | - |
| addictive | 16 | causing or characterized by addiction | addictive drugs |
| intuitive | 12 | obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | - |
| digestive | 14 | any substance that promotes digestion | - |
| selective | 14 | characterized by very careful or fastidious selection | the school was very selective in its admissions |
| deceptive | 17 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | deceptive calm |
| directive | 15 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | - |
| cognitive | 15 | of or being or relating to or involving cognition | cognitive psychology |
| inventive | 15 | (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action | had an inventive turn of mind |
| receptive | 16 | ready or willing to receive favorably | receptive to the proposals |
| assertive | 12 | aggressively self-assured | an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue |
| proactive | 16 | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently | proactive inhibition |
| adjective | 22 | of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | an adjective clause |
| tentative | 12 | unsettled in mind or opinion | drew a few tentative conclusions |
| combative | 18 | striving to overcome in argument | - |
| evocative | 17 | serving to bring to mind | - |
| formative | 17 | forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | a formative influence |
| plaintive | 14 | expressing sorrow | - |
| expletive | 21 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | expletives were deleted |
| retentive | 12 | good at remembering | a retentive mind |
| probative | 16 | tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect |
| affective | 20 | characterized by emotion | - |
| educative | 15 | resulting in education | an educative experience |
| divertive | 16 | - | - |
| deductive | 16 | involving inferences from general principles | - |
| reductive | 15 | characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment | their views of life were reductive and depreciatory |
| purgative | 15 | strongly laxative | - |
| causative | 14 | producing an effect | poverty as a causative factor in crime |
| inductive | 15 | inducing or influencing; leading on | inductive to the sin of Eve |
| normative | 14 | pertaining to giving directives or rules | - |
| nutritive | 12 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| calmative | 16 | - | - |
| adjustive | 20 | conducive to adjustment | - |
| adventive | 16 | not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized | an adventive weed |
| advective | 18 | of or relating to advection | - |
| adductive | 16 | especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| attractive | 15 | having power to arouse interest | an attractive opportunity |
| collective | 17 | done by or characteristic of individuals acting together | the collective mind |
| initiative | 13 | serving to set in motion | the initiative phase in the negotiations |
| protective | 17 | intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind | a protective covering |
| supportive | 17 | furnishing support or assistance | a supportive family network |
| productive | 18 | marked by great fruitfulness | a productive vineyard |
| definitive | 17 | of recognized authority or excellence | the definitive work on Greece |
| innovative | 16 | being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before | stylistically innovative works |
| imperative | 17 | a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior | - |
| locomotive | 17 | of or relating to locomotion | - |
| perceptive | 19 | having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment | a perceptive eye |
| respective | 17 | considered individually | the respective club members |
| subjective | 24 | of a mental act performed entirely within the mind | - |
| decorative | 16 | serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative |
| vindictive | 19 | disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge | more vindictive than jealous love |
| reflective | 18 | deeply or seriously thoughtful | - |
| derivative | 17 | the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | - |
| disruptive | 16 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive |
| repetitive | 15 | repetitive and persistent | - |
| indicative | 16 | (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | actions indicative of fear |
| preventive | 18 | an agent or device intended to prevent conception | - |
| automotive | 15 | containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement | - |
| preemptive | 19 | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence | a preemptive business offer |
| exhaustive | 23 | performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial | an exhaustive study |
| vegetative | 17 | of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous | a dull vegetative lifestyle |
| meditative | 16 | deeply or seriously thoughtful | - |
| suggestive | 15 | tending to suggest or imply | artifacts suggestive of an ancient society |
| figurative | 17 | consisting of or forming human or animal figures | the figurative art of the humanistic tradition |
| overactive | 18 | more active than normal | - |
| cumulative | 17 | increasing by successive addition | the benefits are cumulative |
| corrective | 17 | a device for treating injury or disease | - |
| diminutive | 16 | very small | diminutive in stature |
| connective | 17 | an instrumentality that connects | - |
| predictive | 18 | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | - |
| conductive | 18 | having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity | - |
| transitive | 13 | a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical | - |
| infinitive | 16 | the uninflected form of the verb | - |
| palliative | 15 | remedy that alleviates pain without curing | - |
| appositive | 17 | relating to or being in apposition | an appositive noun |
| redemptive | 18 | of or relating to or resulting in redemption | a redemptive theory about life |
| reparative | 15 | - | - |
| recitative | 15 | a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech | - |
| exploitive | 22 | tending to exploit or make use of | - |
| injunctive | 22 | - | - |
| pejorative | 22 | expressing disapproval | - |
| projective | 24 | - | - |
| corruptive | 17 | tending to corrupt or pervert | - |
| congestive | 16 | relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid | congestive heart disease |
| refractive | 18 | of or relating to or capable of refraction | the refractive characteristics of the eye |
| federative | 17 | - | - |
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