9-Letter Words Ending With TIVE
Here's the list of all the 133 9-Letter Words Ending With TIVE 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. 2. a person responsible for the administration of a business 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 → |
| sensitive | 1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead 2. responsive to physical stimuli More Definitions → |
| directive | 1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity 2. 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 | 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 2. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story More Definitions → |
| selective | 1. tending to select; characterized by careful choice 2. characterized by very careful or fastidious selection 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 → |
| 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 → |
| primitive | 1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived 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 → |
| 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 2. any substance that promotes 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 → |
| 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 → |
| affective | 1. characterized by emotion More Definitions → |
| iterative | 1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action 2. 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 → |
| 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 → |
| 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 → |
| receptive | 1. ready or willing to receive favorably 2. open to arguments, ideas, or change More Definitions → |
| formative | 1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function 2. capable of forming new cells and tissues More Definitions → |
| inventive | 1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action More Definitions → |
| evocative | 1. serving to bring to mind More Definitions → |
| assertive | 1. aggressively self-assured More Definitions → |
| resistive | 1. exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance 2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority More Definitions → |
| secretive | 1. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information More Definitions → |
| deductive | 1. relating to logical deduction 2. involving inferences from general principles 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 → |
| 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 → |
| 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 → |
| 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 | 1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will 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 → |