List of suffixes ending in "ive".
List #: 1337
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Description: This is a list of words ending with suffix "ive", meaning "quality of; that which.".
Author: eSpindle Learning.
Subject: English vocabulary.
Supporting Link: http://www.espindle.org/suffix.html.
Created: 11/19/2009
Modified: 11/19/2009
Rating: 2.3 (3 votes)
List of Words:
(part 1) (30 words)
connive, putative, consumptive, demonstrative, derivative, expressive, laxative, legislative, missive, authoritative, pervasive, abortive, coercive, collective, corrosive, discursive, explosive, inexpensive, inoffensive, intuitive, obtrusive, sedative, substantive, vocative, prerogative, conclusive, contrive, correlative, cursive, declarative(part 2) (31 words)
inquisitive, instructive, inventive, lucrative, palliative, pejorative, retroactive, vegetative, votive, inceptive, inchoative, disjunctive, locative, imperative, introspective, invective, punitive, cohesive, conducive, defensive, effusive, exploitative, impassive, provocative, retrospective, secretive, sensitive, undeceive, adjective, archive, consecutive(part 3) (31 words)
cooperative, deprive, diffusive, endive, expansive, expletive, festive, furtive, interrogative, infinitive, initiative, naive, nutritive, objective, operative, oppressive, possessive, selective, transitive, vindictive, affirmative, indecisive, subjective, abusive, aggressive, apprehensive, comparative, conservative, constrictive, cumulative, decisive(part 4) (31 words)
exhaustive, hyperactive, impulsive, inactive, intensive, interpretive, narrative, primitive, prospective, radioactive, recessive, unrepresentative, adhesive, executive, pensive, deceive, deceptive, derive, descriptive, destructive, diminutive, elective, evasive, excessive, offensive, oversensitive, perspective, perceive, prohibitive, representative, waive(part 5) (31 words)
administrative, adoptive, arrive, attentive, attractive, collaborative, constructive, defective, expensive, exclusive, fugitive, inclusive, instinctive, massive, negative, passive, persuasive, preservative, progressive, receive, relative, repulsive, thrive, respective, twenty-five, alternative, captive, competitive, comprehensive, conceive, creative(part 6) (19 words)
effective, extensive, hive, incentive, motive, outlive, positive, protective, tentative, locomotive, active, native, olive, alive, drive, forgive, live, five, giveLearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
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