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Words ending with IVE (9-letter)

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IVE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acceptive, accretive, addictive.

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136 words

Word	Length	Syllables
acceptive	9	3
accretive	9	3
addictive	9	3
adductive	9	3
adjective	9	3
adjustive	9	3
admissive	9	3
advective	9	3
adventive	9	3
affective	9	3
agitative	9	4
ascensive	9	3
assertive	9	3
assuasive	9	3
attentive	9	3
bijective	9	3
bioactive	9	2
calmative	9	3
caressive	9	3
causative	9	3
cognitive	9	3
collusive	9	3
combative	9	3
conducive	9	3
corrasive	9	3
corrosive	9	3
deceptive	9	3
decretive	9	3
deductive	9	3
defective	9	3
defensive	9	3
depletive	9	3
detective	9	3
detersive	9	3
diffusive	9	3
digestive	9	3
directive	9	3
educative	9	4
effective	9	3
emanative	9	4
embracive	9	3
emulative	9	4
evocative	9	4
exceptive	9	3
excessive	9	3
exclusive	9	3
excursive	9	3
executive	9	4
expansive	9	3
expensive	9	3
expletive	9	3
explosive	9	3
expulsive	9	3
extensive	9	3
extortive	9	3
extrusive	9	3
exudative	9	4
factitive	9	3
forgetive	9	3
formative	9	3
fricative	9	3
gerundive	9	3
hortative	9	3
imitative	9	4
impactive	9	3
impassive	9	3
implosive	9	3
impulsive	9	3
incentive	9	3
inceptive	9	3
inclusive	9	3
inductive	9	3
infective	9	3
ingestive	9	3
injective	9	3
intensive	9	3
intrusive	9	3
intuitive	9	3
invective	9	3
inventive	9	3
inversive	9	3
irruptive	9	3
iterative	9	4
laudative	9	3
lucrative	9	3
mediative	9	3
narrative	9	3
nonnative	9	3
normative	9	3
nutritive	9	3
objective	9	3
obsessive	9	3
obtrusive	9	3
occlusive	9	3
offensive	9	3
operative	9	4
ostensive	9	3
overdrive	9	3
oxidative	9	4
partitive	9	3
pervasive	9	3
placative	9	3
plaintive	9	2
pollutive	9	3
portative	9	3
prelusive	9	3
primitive	9	3
privative	9	3
proactive	9	2
probative	9	3
promotive	9	3
purgative	9	3
purposive	9	3
radiative	9	3
receptive	9	3
recessive	9	3
reclusive	9	3
recursive	9	3
reductive	9	3
reflexive	9	3
rejective	9	3
repulsive	9	3
resistive	9	3
retentive	9	3
revulsive	9	3
seclusive	9	3
secretive	9	3
seductive	9	3
selective	9	3
sensitive	9	3
suffusive	9	3
summative	9	3
talkative	9	3
tentative	9	3
undeceive	9	3
violative	9	3

FAQs

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

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