Word Root: ive
pertaining to, tending to, doing
From Latin: ivusSample words for the root ive: destructive, attractive, comparative, defective, expensive, fugitive, inexpensive, informative, intuitive, inventive, naive, possessive, productive, sensitive, competitive, prospective, apprehensive, attentive, effective, extensive, festive, impressive, massive, positive, tentative, abrasive, conservative, inconclusive, lucrative, oppressive, persuasive. Each word has meanings and examples. Click their buttons to get sentences selected from classic works and modern media.
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| Words of ive |
1 abortive 
a. unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 3 abusive
a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 4 adaptive
a. having a capacity for adaptation; capable of adapting
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 5 addictive
a. something you cannot stop taking once you have started
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 7 affective
a. sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 8 affirmative
a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 9 aggressive
a. making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 10 apprehensive
a. capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 11 assertive
a. positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 12 attentive
a. alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 13 attractive
a. very pleasing in appearance or sound; inviting or tempting
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 14 authoritative
a. having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 15 automotive
a. of or relating to motor vehicles; moving by itself; self-propelling
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 16 cognitive
a. knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 17 cohesive
a. cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 18 collective
a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 20 competitive
a. wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 21 comprehensive
a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 22 compulsive
a. having the power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 23 conclusive
a. decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 24 consecutive
a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 25 conservative
a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 30 cursive
a. flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 31 deceptive
a. misleading, likely or attempting to deceive; fraudulent
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 32 decorative
a. ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 33 defective
a. having a faulty; imperfect or incomplete
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 34 defensive
a. intended or appropriate for defending against; protective
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 35 definitive
a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 36 derivative
a. unoriginal; derived from another source
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 37 destructive
a. causing great and irreparable harm or damage
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 38 digestive
a. relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 39 diminutive
a. below the average size; very small; little
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 40 discursive
a. tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 41 distinctive
a. special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 42 effective
a. efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 43 effusive
a. pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 44 elusive
a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 45 evasive
a. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 46 evocative
a. tending to call up emotions, memories
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 48 exclusive
a. not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 49 exhaustive
a. treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 50 expansive
a. outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 51 expensive
a. high in price or charging high prices; costing a lot of money
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 52 explosive
a. tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 53 expressive
a. effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 55 festive
a. offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 56 fictive
a. fictional, relating to imaginative creation
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 57 figurative
a. not literal, but metaphorical;Â not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning Â
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 58 formative
a. developing; forming; capable of forming or molding
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 60 furtive
a. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 61 hypersensitive
a. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 62 illusive
a. deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 63 imaginative
a. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 64 impassive
a. without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 65 impressive
a. making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 66 impulsive
a. having a power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 67 incisive
a. penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 68 inclusive
a. tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 69 inconclusive
a. without any clear results or proof
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 70 indicative
a. suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 71 inexpensive
a. relatively low in price or charging low prices; not costing a lot of money
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 72 informative
a. instructive and illustrative; providing or conveying information
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 73 innovative
a. marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 74 inoffensive
a. harmless; innocent; giving no offense
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 75 inquisitive
a. disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 76 instinctive
a. unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 77 instructive
a. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 78 intensive
a. thorough; concentrated; tending to give force or emphasis
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 79 interactive
a. capable of acting on or influencing each other
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 80 introspective
a. looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 81 intuitive
a. based on feelings rather than facts or proof; automatic, without requiring conscious thought
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 82 invasive
a. tending to spread aggressively; tending to invade
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 83 inventive
a. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 84 irrespective
a. without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 85 laxative
a. having a tendency to loosen or relax.
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 87 manipulative
a. serving, tending or having the power to manipulate; performed by manipulation
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 88 massive
a. enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 89 naive
a. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, lacking worldly experience
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 90 native
a. being as origin; as found in nature in the elemental form
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 91 objective
a. not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 92 obsessive
a. excessive in degree or nature; preoccupying
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 93 obtrusive
a. inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 94 offensive
a. causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 95 operative
a. having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 96 oppressive
a. unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 97 passive
a. lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 98 pejorative
a. tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 99 pensive
a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 100 perceptive
a. insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 101 permissive
a. approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 102 persuasive
a. capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 103 pervasive
a. pervading; spread throughout every part
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 105 plaintive
a. expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 106 positive
a. involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 107 possessive
a. having or showing a desire to control or dominate
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 108 postoperative
a. happening or done after a surgical operation
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 109 primitive
a. belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 110 productive
a. having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 111 progressive
a. forward-looking; advancing; incremental
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 112 prohibitive
a. tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 113 propulsive
a. driving forward; having power to propel
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 114 prospective
a. expected or expecting to be something particular in the future
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 115 provocative
a. arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 116 punitive
a. punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 117 qualitative
a. relating to quality; having the character of quality
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 118 quantitative
a. expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 119 receptive
a. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 120 reflective
a. throwing back images; produced by, or resulting from reflection
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 121 remunerative
a. compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 123 repulsive
a. tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 124 respective
a. individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 125 responsive
a. reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 126 restive
a. impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 127 restrictive
a. tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 128 retentive
a. holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 129 retroactive
a. extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 130 retrospective
a. looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 131 sedative
a. tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 132 seductive
a. tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 133 sensitive
a. easily upset by the things people say or do; responsive to external conditions
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 134 sportive
a. playful; relating to or interested in sports
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 135 subjective
a. occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 136 submissive
a. yielding; inclined or ready to submit
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 137 substantive
a. essential; not imaginary; actual or real
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 138 subtractive
a. involving subtraction; having the minus sign; tending to subtract
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 139 subversive
a. tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 140 successive
a. consecutive; happening one after the other without any break
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 141 tentative
a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 142 unobtrusive
a. inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 143 vindictive
a. seek revenge or intended for revenge; showing malicious will
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 144 vituperative
a. marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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