7-letter words that end in ive
- -motive — moving, of motion
- abusive — Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way towards other people.
- amative — of or inclined to love, esp. sexual love
- amusive — deceptive, illusive
- archive — The archive or archives are a collection of documents and records that contain historical information. You can also use archives to refer to the place where archives are stored.
- as-live — (of a performance for a television programme) performed as though live but broadcast after a short delay to allow for the editing of mistakes, bad language, etc
- beehive — A beehive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
- caitive — a captive
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- connive — If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
- convive — to feast together
- corsive — a corrosive drug
- costive — having constipation; constipated
- cursive — of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
- deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- declive — declivous.
- deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- elative — (grammar) In Semitic languages, the \u201cadjective of superiority.\u201d In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the 'elative'. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of \u201cgreatest\u201d, \u201csupreme.\u201d.
- elusive — Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- emotive — Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling.
- emptive — (rare) Responding to or acting to counteract something when it happens (rather than beforehand).
- erosive — Of or pertaining to erosion.
- evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
- factive — (of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left.
- festive — pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
- fictive — fictitious; imaginary.
- fissive — of the nature of fission, relating to fission
- fluxive — flowing; fluid; variable
- forgive — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- furtive — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- go live — be broadcast directly, go on air
- jussive — (especially in Semitic languages) expressing a mild command.
- khedive — the title of the Turkish viceroys in Egypt from 1867 to 1914.
- massive — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- midwive — Obsolete form of midwife.
- misgive — (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- mislive — To lead a wrong or vicious life; live wrongly.
- missive — a written message; letter.
- outgive — (transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
- outlive — to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.
- passive — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- pensive — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- predive — happening or carried out before a dive
- receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- redrive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- restive — impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- skydive — to engage in skydiving.
- stative — (of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses: I liked them. I want some. I will never believe it.
- suasive — the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
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