Nouns Ending With IVE
Here's the list of all the 302 Nouns Ending With IVE in the English Language.
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| give | 1. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length More Definitions → |
| archive | 1. a depository containing historical records and documents More Definitions → |
| drive | 1. the act of applying force to propel something 2. a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine More Definitions → |
| five | 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 2. a team that plays basketball More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| effective | More Definitions → |
| executive | 1. a person responsible for the administration of a business 2. persons who administer the law More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| alternative | 1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen More Definitions → |
| creative | More Definitions → |
| comprehensive | 1. an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge More Definitions → |
| native | 1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place 2. a person born in a particular place or country More Definitions → |
| negative | 1. a reply of denial 2. a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed More Definitions → |
| representative | 1. a person who represents others 2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose More Definitions → |
| exclusive | 1. a news report that is reported first by one news organization More Definitions → |
| 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) More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| initiative | 1. readiness to embark on bold new ventures 2. the first of a series of actions More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| massive | More Definitions → |
| sensitive | 1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead More Definitions → |
| legislative | More Definitions → |
| progressive | 1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going 2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties More Definitions → |
| conservative | 1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas More Definitions → |
| collective | 1. members of a cooperative enterprise More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| protective | More Definitions → |
| prospective | More Definitions → |
| comparative | 1. the comparative form of an adjective or adverb More Definitions → |
| collaborative | More Definitions → |
| intensive | 1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies More Definitions → |
| offensive | 1. the action of attacking an enemy More Definitions → |
| directive | 1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity More Definitions → |
| olive | 1. small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil 2. evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits More Definitions → |
| dive | 1. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall 2. a headlong plunge into water More Definitions → |
| incentive | 1. a positive motivational influence 2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| passive | 1. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb More Definitions → |
| reproductive | More Definitions → |
| defensive | 1. an attitude of defensiveness More Definitions → |
| detective | 1. a police officer who investigates crimes 2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public More Definitions → |
| subjective | More Definitions → |
| distinctive | More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| definitive | More Definitions → |
| primitive | 1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived More Definitions → |
| adhesive | 1. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together More Definitions → |
| defective | More Definitions → |
| elective | 1. a course that the student can select from among alternatives More Definitions → |
| affirmative | 1. a reply of affirmation More Definitions → |
| preventive | 1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease 2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome More Definitions → |
| explosive | 1. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck More Definitions → |
| destructive | More Definitions → |
| corrective | 1. a device for treating injury or disease More Definitions → |
| substantive | 1. any word or group of words functioning as a noun More Definitions → |
| digestive | 1. any substance that promotes digestion More Definitions → |
| imperative | 1. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior 2. some duty that is essential and urgent More Definitions → |
| tentative | More Definitions → |
| indicative | 1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact More Definitions → |
| restrictive | More Definitions → |
| captive | 1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war 2. an animal that is confined More Definitions → |
| retrospective | 1. an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| additive | 1. something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine More Definitions → |
| jive | 1. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz More Definitions → |
| naive | More Definitions → |
| overdrive | 1. the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration 2. a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power More Definitions → |
| commemorative | 1. an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person More Definitions → |
| locomotive | 1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks More Definitions → |
| persuasive | More Definitions → |
| palliative | 1. remedy that alleviates pain without curing More Definitions → |
| compulsive | 1. a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things More Definitions → |
| provocative | More Definitions → |
| obsessive | 1. a person who has obsessions More Definitions → |
| affective | More Definitions → |
| contraceptive | 1. an agent or device intended to prevent conception More Definitions → |
| iterative | 1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action More Definitions → |
| abrasive | 1. a substance that abrades or wears down More Definitions → |
| fugitive | 1. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation 2. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice More Definitions → |
| preventative | 1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease 2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome More Definitions → |
| adjective | 1. a word that expresses an attribute of something 2. the word class that qualifies nouns More Definitions → |
| intrusive | More Definitions → |
| depressive | 1. someone suffering psychological depression More Definitions → |
| restorative | 1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates 2. a device for treating injury or disease More Definitions → |
| formative | 1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function More Definitions → |
| hive | 1. a teeming multitude 2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees More Definitions → |
| beehive | 1. any workplace where people are very busy 2. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree More Definitions → |
| corrosive | 1. a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) More Definitions → |
| connective | 1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences 2. an instrumentality that connects More Definitions → |
| obstructive | More Definitions → |
| votive | More Definitions → |
| transitive | 1. a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical More Definitions → |
| subversive | 1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution More Definitions → |
| declarative | 1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact More Definitions → |
| manipulative | More Definitions → |
| preservative | 1. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition More Definitions → |
| prerogative | 1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) More Definitions → |
| reflexive | 1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent More Definitions → |
| hypertensive | 1. a person who has abnormally high blood pressure More Definitions → |
| distributive | More Definitions → |
| contemplative | 1. a person devoted to the contemplative life More Definitions → |
| recessive | 1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical More Definitions → |
| curative | 1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain More Definitions → |
| cursive | 1. rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper More Definitions → |
| hyperactive | More Definitions → |
| superlative | 1. an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) 2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development More Definitions → |
| immunosuppressive | 1. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response More Definitions → |
| sedative | 1. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person More Definitions → |
| causative | More Definitions → |
| diminutive | 1. a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness More Definitions → |
| laxative | 1. a mild cathartic More Definitions → |
| antihypertensive | 1. a drug that reduces high blood pressure More Definitions → |
| possessive | 1. the case expressing ownership More Definitions → |
| nutritive | More Definitions → |
| reductive | More Definitions → |
| demonstrative | 1. a pronoun that points out an intended referent More Definitions → |
| infinitive | 1. the uninflected form of the verb More Definitions → |
| disincentive | 1. a negative motivational influence More Definitions → |
| consumptive | 1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis More Definitions → |
| nominative | 1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb More Definitions → |
| occlusive | 1. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it More Definitions → |
| conjunctive | 1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| genitive | 1. the case expressing ownership More Definitions → |
| disjunctive | More Definitions → |
| correlative | 1. either of two or more related or complementary variables More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| missive | 1. a written message addressed to a person or organization More Definitions → |
| accusative | 1. the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb More Definitions → |
| interrogative | 1. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply 2. some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood More Definitions → |
| retentive | More Definitions → |
| pejorative | More Definitions → |
| subjunctive | 1. a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible More Definitions → |
| endive | 1. widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched 2. variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges More Definitions → |
| neoconservative | 1. a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism More Definitions → |
| dative | 1. the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb More Definitions → |
| 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. More Definitions → |
| intransitive | 1. a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object More Definitions → |
| preparative | More Definitions → |
| invective | 1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will More Definitions → |
| augmentative | More Definitions → |
| chive | 1. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| eruptive | More Definitions → |
| nonnative | More Definitions → |
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