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


You have 230 words to pick from for words with 'c' as the 1st letter that end with 'ive', so go ape.

4 letter words

  • cive

5 letter words

  • chive
  • clive

6 letter words

  • cruive

7 letter words

  • captive
  • censive
  • chetive
  • connive
  • convive
  • corrive
  • costive
  • cresive
  • cultive
  • cursive

8 letter words

  • caritive
  • celative
  • coactive
  • coderive
  • coercive
  • cohesive
  • conative
  • conceive
  • conscive
  • contrive
  • cooptive
  • creative
  • crescive
  • curative

9 letter words

  • calmative
  • cantative
  • caressive
  • causative
  • cessative
  • clamative
  • coemptive
  • cognitive
  • collative
  • collisive
  • collusive
  • combative
  • commotive
  • conducive
  • confusive
  • connexive
  • connotive
  • contusive
  • corrasive
  • corrosive
  • creditive
  • curvative

10 letter words

  • capacitive
  • capitative
  • caritative
  • catenative
  • coadjutive
  • coercitive
  • cogitative
  • cohibitive
  • collective
  • colorative
  • combustive
  • comitative
  • commissive
  • compassive
  • completive
  • complexive
  • compulsive
  • concaptive
  • concentive
  • conceptive
  • concessive
  • conclusive
  • concoctive
  • concretive
  • concussive
  • conductive
  • congestive
  • conjective
  • connective
  • consentive
  • constative
  • consultive
  • contextive
  • contorsive
  • contortive
  • convective
  • conversive
  • convertive
  • convictive
  • convulsive
  • cooptative
  • copulative
  • corelative
  • corrective
  • corruptive

11 letter words

  • calculative
  • calefactive
  • captivative
  • carminative
  • castigative
  • celebrative
  • charitative
  • cicatrisive
  • circulative
  • coadunative
  • coagulative
  • coexclusive
  • coextensive
  • cohortative
  • colligative
  • collocative
  • colourative
  • combinative
  • comminative
  • commulative
  • communitive
  • commutative
  • comparative
  • competitive
  • compositive
  • compressive
  • compunctive
  • computative
  • concrescive
  • condonative
  • conflictive
  • confutative
  • congelative
  • congressive
  • conjugative
  • conjunctive
  • connotative
  • consecutive
  • consumptive
  • contractive
  • contrastive
  • convocative
  • convolutive
  • cooperative
  • corporative

12 letter words

  • calumniative
  • capacitative
  • chylifactive
  • cinenegative
  • circumscrive
  • cognoscitive
  • colliquative
  • combinantive
  • comfortative
  • commentative
  • compellative
  • compensative
  • complaintive
  • complicative
  • compulsative
  • conciliative
  • condensative
  • confirmative
  • congregative
  • conscriptive
  • consecrative
  • conservative
  • consociative
  • conspirative
  • constitutive
  • constrictive
  • constructive
  • consultative
  • consummative
  • continuative
  • contributive
  • conversative
  • coordinative
  • counterdrive

13 letter words

  • certificative
  • chemisorptive
  • chemosorptive
  • circumventive
  • cirrostrative
  • coalternative
  • collaborative
  • commemorative
  • commiserative
  • communicative
  • comprehensive
  • concentrative
  • condescensive
  • confederative
  • configurative
  • conflagrative
  • considerative
  • consolidative
  • contaminative
  • contemplative
  • contraceptive
  • contradictive
  • corresponsive
  • corroborative
  • counteractive

14 letter words

  • chemoreceptive
  • chemosensitive
  • circumspective
  • conglomerative
  • conglutinative
  • consubstantive
  • contrapositive
  • cryoprotective

15 letter words

  • circumscriptive
  • cirrocumulative
  • complementative
  • complimentative
  • cosignificative

16 letter words

  • consignificative
  • contraindicative
  • counterintuitive
  • counterinvective
  • counternarrative
  • counteroffensive

17 letter words

  • contradistinctive
  • counterattractive
  • counterproductive

Which word on this page has the largest letter count?
There are 17 letters in the word 'contradistinctive', which makes it the longest word Dictionarypedia has.

Which word that starts with 'c' and ends with 'ive' is the most unique?
The most weird word from this list is 'calculative'. It is defined as "Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.".

What's the max number of words one can put together using this combination of letters?
There are up to 230 words.

What is the most common word that starts with 'c' and ends with 'ive'?
According to our records, the most common word in the dictionary that start with 'c' and end with 'ive' is 'conceive'!

What is the best score you're able to get in Scrabble from this list of words with 'c' as the 1st letter that end with 'ive'?
Given there are a considerable 230 entries, we would advise opting for 'cohesive' scoring 16 points overall.