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Words ending in VE
There are 1,200 words ending in VE in the standard word-game list. The most common are have, love, give, leave, believe, move.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| have | a person who possesses great material wealth | 10 |
| love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection | 7 |
| give | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | 8 |
| leave | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty | 8 |
| believe | accept as true; take to be true | 12 |
| move | the act of deciding to do something | 9 |
| live | actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing | 7 |
| five | being one more than four | 10 |
| save | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring | 7 |
| alive | possessing life | 8 |
| drive | the act of applying force to propel something | 9 |
| forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness | 14 |
| detective | a police officer who investigates crimes | 15 |
| prove | be shown or be found to be | 10 |
| above | appearing earlier in the same text | 10 |
| deserve | be worthy or deserving | 11 |
| serve | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | 8 |
| survive | continue to live and avoid dying | 13 |
| brave | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | 10 |
| expensive | high in price or charging high prices | 21 |
| positive | characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. | 13 |
| grave | dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | 9 |
| drove | a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together | 9 |
| remove | degree of figurative distance or separation | 11 |
| arrive | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | 9 |
| solve | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | 8 |
| eve | the day before | 6 |
| receive | get something; come into possession of | 12 |
| wave | a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now… | 10 |
| negative | characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features | 12 |
| impressive | making a strong or vivid impression | 17 |
| slave | a person who is owned by someone | 8 |
| behave | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | 14 |
| massive | imposing in size or bulk or solidity | 12 |
| sensitive | responsive to physical stimuli | 12 |
| cave | a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or… | 9 |
| attractive | pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm | 15 |
| nerve | any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | 8 |
| motive | causing or able to cause motion | 11 |
| twelve | being one more than eleven | 12 |
| active | tending to become more severe or wider in scope | 11 |
| native | characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin | 9 |
| effective | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | 20 |
| creative | having the ability or power to create | 13 |
| dive | a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall | 8 |
| achieve | to gain with effort | 15 |
| executive | having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. | 21 |
| relative | estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | 11 |
| approve | give sanction to | 14 |
| shave | the act of removing hair with a razor | 11 |
| aggressive | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends | 15 |
| alternative | serving or used in place of another | 14 |
| shove | the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something) | 11 |
| improve | to make better | 14 |
| perspective | a way of regarding situations or topics etc. | 20 |
| observe | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | 12 |
| naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | 8 |
| exclusive | not divided or shared with others | 21 |
| glove | the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball | 9 |
| offensive | violating or tending to violate or offend against | 18 |
All 1,200 words
- have
- love
- give
- leave
- believe
- move
- live
- five
- save
- alive
- drive
- forgive
- detective
- prove
- above
- deserve
- serve
- survive
- brave
- expensive
- positive
- grave
- drove
- remove
- arrive
- solve
- eve
- receive
- wave
- negative
- impressive
- slave
- behave
- massive
- sensitive
- cave
- attractive
- nerve
- motive
- twelve
- active
- native
- effective
- creative
- dive
- achieve
- executive
- relative
- approve
- shave
- aggressive
- alternative
- shove
- improve
- perspective
- observe
- naive
- exclusive
- glove
- offensive
- reserve
- involve
- representative
- starve
- olive
- objective
- explosive
- protective
- preserve
- stove
- resolve
- primitive
- defensive
- fugitive
- sleeve
- initiative
- dove
- competitive
- retrieve
- relieve
- conservative
- grove
- microwave
- deceive
- curve
- collective
- supportive
- valve
- affirmative
- extensive
- excessive
- radioactive
- operative
- groove
- destructive
- cove
- captive
- insensitive
- carve
- productive
- heave
- revive
- grieve
- cooperative
- impulsive
- intensive
- ave
- decisive
- evolve
- sedative
- hive
- weave
- progressive
- distinctive
- thrive
- imperative
- abusive
- archive
- rave
- strive
- perceive
- elusive
- dissolve
- administrative
- crave
- persuasive
- secretive
- narrative
- investigative
- obsessive
- conceive
- festive
- passive
- repulsive
- definitive
- incentive
- lucrative
- defective
- relive
- evasive
- manipulative
- directive
- deprive
- constructive
- provocative
- innovative
- conclusive
- comprehensive
- talkative
- attentive
- consecutive
- compulsive
- addictive
- cognitive
- perceptive
- digestive
- seductive
- prospective
- disapprove
- subversive
- jive
- selective
- imaginative
- conserve
- unattractive
- possessive
- vindictive
- locomotive
- inconclusive
- waive
- respective
- prerogative
- reproductive
- intuitive
- derivative
- subjective
- inventive
- decorative
- absolve
- inquisitive
- deceptive
- submissive
- adoptive
- vive
- knave
- outlive
- octave
- appreciative
- receptive
- oppressive
- aftershave
- responsive
- invasive
- overprotective
- ineffective
- adhesive
- legislative
- cleave
- reprieve
- informative
- suave
- disruptive
- beehive
- revolve
- expressive
- reflective
- repetitive
- misbehave
- interactive
- salve
- pave
- enslave
- apprehensive
- inexpensive
- overdrive
- unresponsive
- instinctive
- sieve
- automotive
- reactive
- inactive
- laxative
- proactive
- punitive
- suggestive
- indicative
- swerve
- argumentative
- indecisive
- disprove
- comparative
- trove
- intrusive
- assertive
- derive
- depressive
- elective
- adjective
- cohesive
- tentative
- uncooperative
- reeve
- delve
- pensive
- inclusive
- preemptive
- abrasive
- conclave
- speculative
- successive
- belive
- instructive
- commemorative
- corrosive
- conducive
- authoritative
- clave
- exhaustive
- shortwave
- retrospective
- alcove
- degenerative
- dissociative
- corrective
- reclusive
- mauve
- hypotensive
- hyperactive
- vegetative
- stave
- clove
- contraceptive
- combative
- percussive
- overactive
- repressive
- nave
- evocative
- collaborative
- formative
- dismissive
- neve
- mangrove
- rove
- preventive
- pervasive
- deductive
- restrictive
- transformative
- counterproductive
- reconstructive
- adaptive
- furtive
- irrespective
- expansive
- descriptive
- preventative
- wove
- diminutive
- additive
- figurative
- predictive
- probative
- nosedive
- plaintive
- cumulative
- congestive
- engrave
- regenerative
- divisive
- meditative
- restorative
- hove
- ablative
- abortive
- absolutive
- absorptive
- abstractive
- accelerative
- acceptive
- accommodative
- accretive
- acculturative
- accumulative
- accusative
- acetylative
- acquisitive
- adductive
- adjudicative
- adjunctive
- adjustive
- admissive
- adsorptive
- adumbrative
- advective
- adventive
- adversative
- advocative
- affective
- afflictive
- affricative
- agave
- agentive
- agglomerative
- agglutinative
- aggregative
- aggrieve
- agitative
- airwave
- alliterative
- allusive
- amative
- ameliorative
- amusive
- annotative
- anticompetitive
- anticonvulsive
- anticorrosive
- anticreative
- antiderivative
- antihypertensive
- antinarrative
- antiprogressive
- antireflective
- antispeculative
- antisubversive
- antitussive
- appellative
- apperceive
- apperceptive
- appetitive
- applicative
- appointive
- appositive
- appraisive
- appropriative
- approximative
- arbitrative
- archconservative
- architrave
- argumentive
- articulative
- ascensive
- ascriptive
- assaultive
- asseverative
- assimilative
- associative
- assortative
- assuasive
- assumptive
- attributive
- auditive
- augmentative
- autoclave
- aversive
- behoove
- behove
- bereave
- biconcave
- bijective
- bioactive
- bivalve
- breve
- burgrave
- calmative
- calve
- capacitive
- caressive
- carminative
- causative
- champleve
- chemoreceptive
- chive
- circulative
- coactive
- coderive
- codrive
- codrove
- coercive
- coevolve
- coextensive
- cogitative
- colligative
- collusive
- combinative
- combustive
- commiserative
- commove
- communicative
- commutative
- compensative
- completive
- compressive
- conative
- concave
- concentrative
- conceptive
- concessive
- conciliative
- concoctive
- concussive
- conductive
- confederative
- configurative
- conflictive
- confutative
- conglomerative
- conjunctive
- connective
- connive
- connotative
- consecrative
- constative
- constitutive
- constrictive
- consultative
- consultive
- consummative
- consumptive
- contaminative
- contemplative
- continuative
- contortive
- contractive
- contradistinctive
- contraoctave
- contrapositive
- contrastive
- contributive
- contrive
- convective
- convolve
- convulsive
- cookstove
- coordinative
- copulative
- corporative
- corrasive
- correlative
- corresponsive
- corroborative
- corruptive
- costive
- counteractive
- counterincentive
- counterintuitive
- countermove
- counteroffensive
- crescive
- cryopreserve
- cryoprotective
- cunctative
- curative
- cursive
- dative
- deave
- declarative
- decongestive
- deconstructive
- decretive
- decurve
- deflective
- deformative
- degradative
- degressive
- deleave
- deliberative
- delineative
- delusive
- demonstrative
- denigrative
- denominative
- denotative
- denotive
- denunciative
- depletive
- deprave
- depreciative
- derisive
- derogative
- desiccative
- desiderative
- designative
- deteriorative
- determinative
- detersive
- detonative
- detractive
- devastative
- deverbative
- devolve
- diapositive
- diffusive
- digressive
- dilative
- dilutive
- disaggregative
- disbelieve
- discriminative
- discursive
- disincentive
- disintegrative
- disjunctive
- dispersive
- dispositive
- dissave
- disserve
- dissipative
- dissuasive
- distractive
- distributive
- ditransitive
- dominative
- donative
- drave
- drawshave
- duplicative
- durative
- eave
- educative
- eductive
- effusive
- egestive
- ejective
- elaborative
- elative
- electroconvulsive
- electronegative
- electropositive
- eliminative
- elucidative
- emanative
- embracive
- emissive
- emotive
- emulative
- emulsive
- enactive
- enclave
- endive
- enumerative
- erective
- ergative
- erosive
- eruptive
- estimative
- evacuative
- evaluative
- evaporative
- evincive
- exaggerative
- exceptive
- excitative
- exclave
- excogitative
- excommunicative
- excursive
- execrative
- exertive
- exfoliative
- exhibitive
- exhilarative
- exhortative
- exonerative
- expectative
- explanative
- expletive
- explicative
- exploitative
- exploitive
- explorative
- expositive
- expulsive
- exteroceptive
- extinctive
- extortive
- extractive
- extrapolative
- extrusive
- exudative
- facilitative
- factitive
- facultative
- fauve
- fave
- federative
- fermentative
- fictive
- fixative
- forgave
- forgetive
- foxglove
- frequentative
- fricative
- gave
- generative
- genitive
- germinative
- gerundive
- gesticulative
- glaive
- gravitative
- greave
- gyve
- halve
- helve
- hereinabove
- hortative
- hyperaggressive
- hypercompetitive
- hyperreactive
- hyperresponsive
- hypersensitive
- hypertensive
- ideative
- illative
- illuminative
- illusive
- illustrative
- imitative
- immunoreactive
- immunosuppressive
- impactive
- impassive
- imperceptive
- imperfective
- implicative
- implosive
- imputative
- inappreciative
- inattentive
- inceptive
- inchoative
- incisive
- incommunicative
- inconsecutive
- incorporative
- incubative
- incurve
- indistinctive
- inductive
- indurative
- inequivalve
- inexpressive
- infective
- infiltrative
- infinitive
- inflective
- inflictive
- infusive
- ingestive
- ingressive
- inhibitive
- injective
- injunctive
- innerve
- inoculative
- inoffensive
- inoperative
- inscriptive
- insinuative
- inspective
- instigative
- integrative
- intellective
- interdictive
- interfluve
- interinvolve
- interleave
- interoceptive
- interoperative
- interpolative
- interpretative
- interpretive
- interrogative
- interruptive
- intersubjective
- interweave
- interwove
- intransitive
- introgressive
- introspective
- introversive
- intussusceptive
- invective
- inversive
- inweave
- inwove
- irradiative
- irreflexive
- irrelative
- irresponsive
- irritative
- irruptive
- iterative
- jussive
- justificative
- keeve
- khedive
- lacerative
- ladylove
- laudative
- lave
- lenitive
- lieve
- ligative
- limitative
- locative
- lubricative
- magnetostrictive
- maladaptive
- maladjustive
- margrave
- mechanoreceptive
- mediative
- meliorative
- microgroove
- misbelieve
- misconceive
- misdrive
- misdrove
- misgave
- misgive
- mislive
- mismove
- misperceive
- misrepresentative
- missive
- mitigative
- monitive
- motivative
- multiplicative
- mutative
- myeloproliferative
- neoconservative
- neuroactive
- neurodegenerative
- nieve
- nociceptive
- nominative
- nonabrasive
- nonabsorptive
- nonacquisitive
- nonadaptive
- nonaddictive
- nonadditive
- nonadhesive
- nonaggressive
- nonassertive
- nonautomotive
- noncoercive
- noncognitive
- noncombative
- noncommunicative
- noncommutative
- noncompetitive
- nonconductive
- nonconsecutive
- nonconservative
- nonconstructive
- nonconsumptive
- noncooperative
- noncorrosive
- noncreative
- noncumulative
- nondeceptive
- nondeductive
- nonderivative
- nondescriptive
- nondestructive
- nondirective
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nondisruptive
- nondistinctive
- noneffective
- nonelective
- nonevaluative
- nonexclusive
- nonexecutive
- nonexploitative
- nonexploitive
- nonexplosive
- nonfigurative
- nonimitative
- noninductive
- noninfective
- noninteractive
- nonintrusive
- nonintuitive
- noninvasive
- nonnarrative
- nonnative
- nonnegative
- nonnormative
- nonnutritive
- nonobjective
- nonoperative
- nonpassive
- nonpermissive
- nonproductive
- nonprogressive
- nonpunitive
- nonpurposive
- nonquantitative
- nonradioactive
- nonreactive
- nonrelative
- nonrepresentative
- nonreproductive
- nonresponsive
- nonrestrictive
- nonretroactive
- nonselective
- nonsensitive
- nonspeculative
- nonsubjective
- normative
- normotensive
- nuncupative
- nutritive
- obliterative
- obstructive
- obtrusive
- occlusive
- ogive
- omissive
- opinionative
- optative
- orective
- originative
- ostensive
- outachieve
- outbrave
- outcurve
- outdrive
- outdrove
- outgave
- outgive
- outlove
- outmove
- outrave
- outserve
- overachieve
- overaggressive
- overassertive
- overconservative
- overdrove
- overimaginative
- overlive
- overlove
- oversave
- oversensitive
- overtalkative
- oxidative
- palliative
- palsgrave
- pareve
- participative
- partitive
- parve
- peeve
- pejorative
- pendentive
- penetrative
- perfective
- performative
- permeative
- permissive
- persecutive
- personative
- perversive
- philoprogenitive
- phosphorylative
- photoconductive
- photoemissive
- photoengrave
- photoinductive
- photonegative
- photooxidative
- photopositive
- photoreceptive
- photosensitive
- placative
- plausive
- plosive
- pollutive
- polyphiloprogenitive
- poove
- portative
- postdive
- posteruptive
- postoperative
- postpositive
- preadaptive
- preapprove
- preceptive
- precipitative
- preclusive
- precognitive
- preconceive
- predicative
- predive
- prefigurative
- prelusive
- premeditative
- preoperative
- preparative
- prepositive
- prescriptive
- presentative
- preservative
- presumptive
- privative
- procreative
- prognosticative
- prohibitive
- projective
- proliferative
- promotive
- propagative
- proprioceptive
- propulsive
- proscriptive
- protensive
- protractive
- protrusive
- psychoactive
- purgative
- purposive
- putative
- putrefactive
- qualitative
- quantitative
- radiative
- radioprotective
- radiosensitive
- ratiocinative
- reapprove
- reave
- rebarbative
- recessive
- reciprocative
- recitative
- reconceive
- recreative
- recriminative
- recuperative
- recursive
- recurve
- redemptive
- redintegrative
- redissolve
- redistributive
- redrive
- redrove
- reductive
- reduplicative
- reeducative
- reengrave
- reflexive
- reformative
- refractive
- regave
- regive
- regressive
- regroove
- regulative
- rehabilitative
- reintegrative
- reiterative
- reive
- rejective
- releve
- remonstrative
- remunerative
- renovative
- renunciative
- reobserve
- reparative
- repave
- repercussive
- replicative
- reprehensive
- reprobative
- reprove
- reshave
- resistive
- resorptive
- restive
- restrive
- restrove
- resuscitative
- retaliative
- retentive
- retributive
- retroactive
- retrodictive
- retrogressive
- retroreflective
- reverberative
- revulsive
- reweave
- rewove
- ringdove
- rive
- rotative
- ruminative
- sanative
- scrieve
- scrive
- seclusive
- seducive
- segregative
- semibreve
- semiconservative
- semiquantitative
- separative
- seronegative
- seropositive
- sheave
- sheeve
- shelve
- shirtsleeve
- shive
- shrieve
- shrive
- shrove
- significative
- simulative
- skive
- skydive
- skydove
- sleave
- soave
- sorptive
- spokeshave
- sportive
- sporulative
- stative
- steeve
- stimulative
- strove
- suasive
- subcontraoctave
- subcurative
- subjunctive
- subordinative
- subserve
- substantiative
- substantive
- substitutive
- subtractive
- suffocative
- suffusive
- summative
- supercompetitive
- superconductive
- superconservative
- supereffective
- superexpensive
- superlative
- supermassive
- superregenerative
- supersensitive
- superwave
- suppletive
- suppressive
- suppurative
- surjective
- susceptive
- suspensive
- sustentative
- swive
- syncopative
- tensive
- terminative
- thieve
- thrave
- throve
- titillative
- tolerative
- tractive
- transgressive
- transitive
- translative
- transmissive
- transmutative
- trave
- trivalve
- truelove
- turtledove
- tussive
- ulcerative
- ultraconservative
- ultraexclusive
- ultraprogressive
- ultrasensitive
- unaggressive
- unappreciative
- unassertive
- uncoercive
- uncombative
- uncommunicative
- uncompetitive
- unconstructive
- uncreative
- undeceive
- undemonstrative
- underachieve
- underactive
- unexpressive
- unglove
- unimaginative
- unimpressive
- uninformative
- uninstructive
- uninventive
- unitive
- univalve
- unlive
- unnerve
- unobtrusive
- unperceptive
- unpersuasive
- unproductive
- unprogressive
- unreceptive
- unreeve
- unreflective
- unrepresentative
- unreserve
- unrove
- unselective
- unweave
- unwove
- upcurve
- updive
- updove
- upheave
- uphove
- varve
- vasoactive
- vasoconstrictive
- vegetive
- verve
- vindicative
- violative
- visive
- vituperative
- vocative
- volitive
- vomitive
- votive
- wharve
- wherve
- wive
- woodstove
- zouave