9-Letter Adjectives Containing IVE
Here's the list of all the 204 9-Letter Adjectives Containing IVE in the English Language.
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| effective | 1. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect 2. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively More Definitions → |
| executive | 1. having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. More Definitions → |
| universal | 1. of worldwide scope or applicability 2. applicable to or common to all members of a group or set More Definitions → |
| exclusive | 1. excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority 2. not divided or shared with others More Definitions → |
| objective | 1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena 2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes More Definitions → |
| extensive | 1. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity 2. broad in scope or content More Definitions → |
| sensitive | 1. responsive to physical stimuli 2. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others More Definitions → |
| expensive | 1. high in price or charging high prices More Definitions → |
| inclusive | 1. including much or everything; and especially including stated limits More Definitions → |
| intensive | 1. tending to give force or emphasis 2. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor More Definitions → |
| offensive | 1. violating or tending to violate or offend against 2. causing or able to cause nausea More Definitions → |
| directive | 1. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on More Definitions → |
| cognitive | 1. of or being or relating to or involving cognition More Definitions → |
| incentive | More Definitions → |
| excessive | 1. beyond normal limits 2. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings More Definitions → |
| narrative | 1. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story More Definitions → |
| perceived | 1. detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues 2. detected by means of the senses More Definitions → |
| selective | 1. tending to select; characterized by careful choice 2. characterized by very careful or fastidious selection More Definitions → |
| defensive | 1. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing 2. intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack More Definitions → |
| detective | More Definitions → |
| operative | 1. being in force or having or exerting force 2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine More Definitions → |
| primitive | 1. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness 2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type More Definitions → |
| intuitive | 1. spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency 2. obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation More Definitions → |
| defective | 1. having a defect 2. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior More Definitions → |
| explosive | 1. liable to lead to sudden change or violence 2. sudden and loud More Definitions → |
| proactive | 1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently 2. (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens More Definitions → |
| digestive | 1. relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion More Definitions → |
| tentative | 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon 2. unsettled in mind or opinion More Definitions → |
| addictive | 1. causing or characterized by addiction More Definitions → |
| recursive | 1. of or relating to a recursion More Definitions → |
| pervasive | 1. spreading or spread throughout More Definitions → |
| normative | 1. relating to or dealing with norms 2. pertaining to giving directives or rules More Definitions → |
| assistive | 1. giving assistance More Definitions → |
| lucrative | 1. producing a sizeable profit More Definitions → |
| obsessive | 1. characterized by or constituting an obsession More Definitions → |
| affective | 1. characterized by emotion More Definitions → |
| iterative | 1. marked by iteration More Definitions → |
| adjective | 1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective 2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law More Definitions → |
| attentive | 1. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention 2. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention More Definitions → |
| conducive | 1. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for More Definitions → |
| deceptive | 1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true 2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently More Definitions → |
| expansive | 1. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope 2. marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur More Definitions → |
| seductive | 1. tending to entice into a desired action or state More Definitions → |
| oxidative | 1. taking place in the presence of oxygen More Definitions → |
| inductive | 1. arising from inductance 2. of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion More Definitions → |
| intrusive | 1. tending to intrude (especially upon privacy) 2. of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock More Definitions → |
| receptive | 1. ready or willing to receive favorably 2. open to arguments, ideas, or change More Definitions → |
| formative | 1. capable of forming new cells and tissues 2. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning More Definitions → |
| inventive | 1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action More Definitions → |
| divergent | 1. diverging from another or from a standard 2. tending to move apart in different directions More Definitions → |
| corrosive | 1. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action 2. spitefully sarcastic More Definitions → |
| evocative | 1. serving to bring to mind More Definitions → |
| assertive | 1. aggressively self-assured More Definitions → |
| contrived | 1. showing effects of planning or manipulation 2. artificially formal More Definitions → |
| reflexive | 1. without volition or conscious control 2. referring back to itself More Definitions → |
| resistive | 1. exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance 2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority More Definitions → |
| impulsive | 1. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus 2. without forethought More Definitions → |
| secretive | 1. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information More Definitions → |
| recessive | 1. of or pertaining to a recession 2. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical More Definitions → |
| diverting | 1. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining More Definitions → |
| repulsive | 1. possessing the ability to repel 2. offensive to the mind More Definitions → |
| deductive | 1. relating to logical deduction 2. involving inferences from general principles More Definitions → |
| shivering | 1. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze More Definitions → |
| infective | 1. able to cause disease 2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection More Definitions → |
| causative | 1. producing an effect More Definitions → |
| summative | 1. of or relating to a summation or produced by summation More Definitions → |
| talkative | 1. full of trivial conversation 2. unwisely talking too much More Definitions → |
| nutritive | 1. of or providing nourishment More Definitions → |
| reductive | 1. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment More Definitions → |
| diverging | 1. tending to move apart in different directions More Definitions → |
| probative | 1. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation More Definitions → |
| combative | 1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits 2. striving to overcome in argument More Definitions → |
| reclusive | 1. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude 2. providing privacy or seclusion More Definitions → |
| diffusive | 1. spreading by diffusion More Definitions → |
| occlusive | 1. tending to occlude More Definitions → |
| expletive | More Definitions → |
| plaintive | 1. expressing sorrow More Definitions → |
| violative | 1. violating or tending to violate or offend against More Definitions → |
| retentive | 1. good at remembering 2. having the capacity to retain something More Definitions → |
| educative | 1. resulting in education More Definitions → |
| invective | More Definitions → |
| obtrusive | 1. sticking out; protruding 2. undesirably noticeable More Definitions → |
| enlivened | 1. made sprightly or cheerful 2. made lively or spirited More Definitions → |
| nonnative | 1. not being or composed of aborigines 2. of persons born in another area or country than that lived in More Definitions → |
| imitative | 1. marked by or given to imitation 2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound More Definitions → |