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Words ending with VE (8-letter)

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like VE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: ablative, abortive, abrasive.

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117 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
ablative83
abortive83
abrasive83
adaptive83
additive83
adhesive83
adoptive83
agentive83
aggrieve82
allusive83
auditive83
aversive83
burgrave82
coactive82
coderive83
coercive82
coevolve82
cohesive83
conative83
conceive82
conclave82
conserve82
contrive82
convolve82
creative82
crescive82
curative83
decisive83
delusive83
denotive83
derisive83
dilative83
dilutive83
disprove82
disserve82
dissolve82
divisive83
donative83
durative83
eductive83
effusive83
egestive83
ejective83
elective83
emissive83
emulsive83
enactive83
erective83
ergative83
eruptive83
evincive83
exertive83
fixative83
foxglove82
fugitive83
genitive83
ideative83
illative83
illusive83
inactive83
incisive83
infusive83
invasive83
ladylove83
laxative83
lenitive83
ligative83
locative83
mangrove82
margrave82
misdrive82
misdrove82
monitive83
mutative83
negative83
nosedive83
omissive83
optative83
orective83
outbrave82
outcurve82
outdrive82
outdrove82
outserve82
overlive83
overlove83
oversave83
perceive82
plausive82
positive83
postdive82
preserve82
punitive83
putative83
reactive82
regroove82
relative83
reprieve82
restrive82
restrove82
retrieve82
ringdove82
rotative83
sanative83
sedative83
seducive83
sorptive82
sportive82
subserve82
tractive82
trivalve82
truelove82
univalve83
vegetive83
vocative83
volitive83
vomitive83

FAQs

What’s typical about VE-ending words?
VE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.

Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.