Nouns Containing TIVE

Here's the list of all the 642 Nouns Containing TIVE in the English Language.

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active
1. chemical agent capable of activity
2. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
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executive
1. a person responsible for the administration of a business
2. persons who administer the law
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positive
1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
2. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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alternative
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
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native
1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
2. a person born in a particular place or country
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negative
1. a reply of denial
2. a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
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representative
1. a person who represents others
2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
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relative
1. a person related by blood or marriage
2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
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objective
1. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
2. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
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initiative
1. readiness to embark on bold new ventures
2. the first of a series of actions
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perspective
1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
2. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
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sensitive
1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
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conservative
1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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effectiveness
1. power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
2. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
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collective
1. members of a cooperative enterprise
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cooperative
1. a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
2. an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
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prospectiveMore Definitions →
comparative
1. the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
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directive
1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity
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incentive
1. a positive motivational influence
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
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narrative
1. 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
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detective
1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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operative
1. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
2. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations
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derivative
1. the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
2. a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
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primitive
1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
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elective
1. a course that the student can select from among alternatives
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affirmative
1. a reply of affirmation
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preventive
1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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competitiveness
1. an aggressive willingness to compete
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corrective
1. a device for treating injury or disease
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substantive
1. any word or group of words functioning as a noun
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digestive
1. any substance that promotes digestion
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imperative
1. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
2. some duty that is essential and urgent
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tentativeMore Definitions →
indicative
1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
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captive
1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
2. an animal that is confined
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retrospective
1. an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
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motive
1. 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
2. a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
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additive
1. something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
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commemorative
1. an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
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locomotive
1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
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palliative
1. remedy that alleviates pain without curing
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contraceptive
1. an agent or device intended to prevent conception
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iterative
1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action
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fugitive
1. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
2. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
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preventative
1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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adjective
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns
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restorative
1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
2. a device for treating injury or disease
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formative
1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
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connective
1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
2. an instrumentality that connects
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obstructiveMore Definitions →
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attractiveness
1. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
2. sexual allure
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transitive
1. a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
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declarative
1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
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preservative
1. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition
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prerogative
1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
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contemplative
1. a person devoted to the contemplative life
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curative
1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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superlative
1. an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
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sedative
1. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
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diminutive
1. a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
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laxative
1. a mild cathartic
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assertiveness
1. aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
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distinctiveness
1. a distinguishing trait
2. utter dissimilarity
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nutritiveMore Definitions →
reductiveMore Definitions →
demonstrative
1. a pronoun that points out an intended referent
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infinitive
1. the uninflected form of the verb
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disincentive
1. a negative motivational influence
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consumptive
1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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nominative
1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
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conjunctive
1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
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expletive
1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
2. a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
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genitive
1. the case expressing ownership
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ineffectiveness
1. lacking the power to be effective
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correlative
1. either of two or more related or complementary variables
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determinative
1. one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
2. a determining or causal element or factor
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inventiveness
1. the power of creative imagination
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accusative
1. the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
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interrogative
1. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
2. some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
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subjunctive
1. a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
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neoconservative
1. a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism
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dative
1. the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
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locative
1. the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
2. A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein.
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intransitive
1. a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
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invective
1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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attentiveness
1. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
2. the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others
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fixative
1. a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
2. a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
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