Words with 'a' as the first letter that end with 'ive'


Take a deep breath and select from an extensive list of 223 results for words that start with 'a' and end with 'ive'.

5 letter words

  • alive

6 letter words

  • active
  • argive
  • arrive

7 letter words

  • abusive
  • aestive
  • amative
  • amusive
  • archive
  • ascrive
  • athrive

8 letter words

  • abditive
  • abessive
  • ablative
  • aborsive
  • abortive
  • abrasive
  • accusive
  • adaptive
  • additive
  • adessive
  • adhesive
  • adoptive
  • adustive
  • advisive
  • agentive
  • allative
  • allusive
  • annexive
  • arrosive
  • auditive
  • aversive
  • avertive

9 letter words

  • abjective
  • acceptive
  • accessive
  • accretive
  • aconative
  • acurative
  • addictive
  • adductive
  • adjective
  • adjustive
  • admissive
  • advancive
  • advective
  • adventive
  • adversive
  • affective
  • agitative
  • animative
  • aperitive
  • appeasive
  • applosive
  • appulsive
  • arrestive
  • ascensive
  • aspersive
  • assausive
  • assentive
  • assertive
  • assistive
  • assortive
  • assuasive
  • attentive
  • attestive
  • attritive
  • avocative
  • awunctive

10 letter words

  • abdicative
  • aberrative
  • abjunctive
  • abnegative
  • abrogative
  • absolutive
  • absorptive
  • abstersive
  • accusative
  • acervative
  • adaptative
  • adequative
  • adjunctive
  • admirative
  • admonitive
  • adoptative
  • adsorptive
  • advocative
  • affinitive
  • afflictive
  • affrontive
  • aggressive
  • airbrasive
  • alimentive
  • allocutive
  • alterative
  • ambulative
  • ampliative
  • amputative
  • annotative
  • apodictive
  • apperceive
  • appetitive
  • applausive
  • appointive
  • appositive
  • appraisive
  • arrogative
  • ascriptive
  • assaultive
  • assumptive
  • astrictive
  • astructive
  • attemptive
  • attractive

11 letter words

  • abstractive
  • acetylative
  • acquisitive
  • adscriptive
  • adumbrative
  • adversative
  • affirmative
  • afformative
  • affricative
  • aggravative
  • aggregative
  • alleviative
  • altercative
  • alternative
  • ambiversive
  • amplicative
  • anoxidative
  • antierosive
  • antitussive
  • appellative
  • applicative
  • approbative
  • arbitrative
  • argumentive
  • assertative
  • associative
  • assortative
  • attenuative
  • attestative
  • attributive
  • autoceptive

12 letter words

  • abirritative
  • accelerative
  • accompletive
  • accumulative
  • adjudicative
  • affinitative
  • albificative
  • alimentative
  • alliterative
  • amalgamative
  • ameliorative
  • annihilative
  • annunciative
  • anticipative
  • anticreative
  • antireactive
  • apperceptive
  • appreciative
  • apprehensive
  • architective
  • articulative
  • asphyxiative
  • asseverative
  • assimilative
  • augmentative
  • auscultative
  • autopositive

13 letter words

  • accommodative
  • acculturative
  • agglomerative
  • agglutinative
  • amplificative
  • animadversive
  • anticorrosive
  • antinarrative
  • antireductive
  • antireflexive
  • antisiccative
  • appropriative
  • approximative
  • archdetective
  • aregenerative
  • argumentative
  • assassinative
  • authoritative
  • autodigestive
  • autoeducative
  • autoinductive

14 letter words

  • administrative
  • antiaggressive
  • anticogitative
  • anticonvulsive
  • antidepressive
  • antiderivative
  • antiexpressive
  • antimedicative
  • antiproductive
  • autoregressive
  • autoregulative
  • autosuggestive

15 letter words

  • anticoagulative
  • anticommutative
  • anticompetitive
  • antiprogressive
  • autoprogressive

16 letter words

  • anticonscriptive
  • anticonservative
  • antifermentative
  • antihypertensive
  • antiputrefactive
  • automanipulative

17 letter words

  • antiagglutinative
  • anticonfederative

18 letter words

  • archrepresentative

Is there a word from this page which might be thought of as interesting in any manner?
Our team thinks 'aggregative' to be the most interesting word. 'Aggregative' is defined as "1. Taken together; collective. 2. Gregarious; social. [R.] Carlyle.", according to the English dictionary.

What is the highest scoring word you can play in Scrabble ?
With the huge number of words to decide on, you may want to go for 'annexive' which scores 18 points overall.

Is there a word on this page that sticks out as the most popular?
The most well-known word for your search is 'active'.

How many viable words are possible to put together from words that start with 'a' and end with 'ive'?
There are a maximum of 223 entries on our page of words that start with 'a' and end with 'ive'.

What is the largest word you can assemble with the combination specified?
'Archrepresentative' contains 18 letters, and is the largest word possible to make from this list.