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Looking for 8-letter words that end with IVE? You're in the right place. Popular examples include ABLATIVE, ABORTIVE, ABRASIVE, plus ADAPTIVE, ADDITIVE, ADHESIVE and many more. Each word links to its dictionary entry for deeper understanding.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| ablative | 8 | 3 | |
| abortive | 8 | 3 | |
| abrasive | 8 | 3 | |
| adaptive | 8 | 3 | |
| additive | 8 | 3 | |
| adhesive | 8 | 3 | |
| adoptive | 8 | 3 | |
| agentive | 8 | 3 | |
| allusive | 8 | 3 | |
| auditive | 8 | 3 | |
| aversive | 8 | 3 | |
| coactive | 8 | 2 | |
| coderive | 8 | 3 | |
| coercive | 8 | 2 | |
| cohesive | 8 | 3 | |
| conative | 8 | 3 | |
| conceive | 8 | 2 | |
| contrive | 8 | 2 | |
| creative | 8 | 2 | |
| crescive | 8 | 2 | |
| curative | 8 | 3 | |
| decisive | 8 | 3 | |
| delusive | 8 | 3 | |
| denotive | 8 | 3 | |
| derisive | 8 | 3 | |
| dilative | 8 | 3 | |
| dilutive | 8 | 3 | |
| divisive | 8 | 3 | |
| donative | 8 | 3 | |
| durative | 8 | 3 | |
| eductive | 8 | 3 | |
| effusive | 8 | 3 | |
| egestive | 8 | 3 | |
| ejective | 8 | 3 | |
| elective | 8 | 3 | |
| emissive | 8 | 3 | |
| emulsive | 8 | 3 | |
| enactive | 8 | 3 | |
| erective | 8 | 3 | |
| ergative | 8 | 3 | |
| eruptive | 8 | 3 | |
| evincive | 8 | 3 | |
| exertive | 8 | 3 | |
| fixative | 8 | 3 | |
| fugitive | 8 | 3 | |
| genitive | 8 | 3 | |
| ideative | 8 | 3 | |
| illative | 8 | 3 | |
| illusive | 8 | 3 | |
| inactive | 8 | 3 | |
| incisive | 8 | 3 | |
| infusive | 8 | 3 | |
| invasive | 8 | 3 | |
| laxative | 8 | 3 | |
| lenitive | 8 | 3 | |
| ligative | 8 | 3 | |
| locative | 8 | 3 | |
| misdrive | 8 | 2 | |
| monitive | 8 | 3 | |
| mutative | 8 | 3 | |
| negative | 8 | 3 | |
| nosedive | 8 | 3 | |
| omissive | 8 | 3 | |
| optative | 8 | 3 | |
| orective | 8 | 3 | |
| outdrive | 8 | 2 | |
| overlive | 8 | 3 | |
| perceive | 8 | 2 | |
| plausive | 8 | 2 | |
| positive | 8 | 3 | |
| postdive | 8 | 2 | |
| punitive | 8 | 3 | |
| putative | 8 | 3 | |
| reactive | 8 | 2 | |
| relative | 8 | 3 | |
| restrive | 8 | 2 | |
| rotative | 8 | 3 | |
| sanative | 8 | 3 | |
| sedative | 8 | 3 | |
| seducive | 8 | 3 | |
| sorptive | 8 | 2 | |
| sportive | 8 | 2 | |
| tractive | 8 | 2 | |
| vegetive | 8 | 3 | |
| vocative | 8 | 3 | |
| volitive | 8 | 3 | |
| vomitive | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about IVE-ending words?
IVE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.