Words ending in VE
Every word in the dictionary whose last 2 letters are VE — 1,200 of 172,823.
- Words
- 1,200
- Everyday
- 325in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 20polyphiloprogenitive
- Shortest
- 32 words tie
- abortive
- above
- abrasive
- absolve
- abusive
- achieve
- active
- adaptive
- addictive
- additive
- adhesive
- adjective
- administrative
- affirmative
- aggressive
- alcove
- alive
- alternative
- appreciative
- apprehensive
- approve
- archive
- argumentative
- arrive
- assertive
- associative
- attentive
- attractive
- authoritative
- automotive
- beehive
- behave
- believe
- brave
- captive
- carve
- cave
- cleave
- clove
- cognitive
- collaborative
- collective
- communicative
- commutative
- comparative
- competitive
- comprehensive
- compulsive
- concave
- conceive
- conclusive
- conducive
- connective
- consecutive
- conservative
- conserve
- constructive
- contemplative
- contraceptive
- contrive
- convulsive
- cooperative
- corrective
- corrosive
- cove
- crave
- creative
- cumulative
- curve
- deceive
- deceptive
- decisive
- decorative
- deductive
- defective
- defensive
- definitive
- delve
- demonstrative
- deprive
- derivative
- derive
- descriptive
- deserve
- destructive
- detective
- digestive
- diminutive
- directive
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- disincentive
- dismissive
- disprove
- disruptive
- dissolve
- distinctive
- dive
- divisive
- dove
- drive
- drove
- effective
- effusive
- elective
- elusive
- emotive
- endive
- engrave
- enslave
- evasive
- eve
- evocative
- evolve
- excessive
- exclusive
- executive
- exhaustive
- expansive
- expensive
- expletive
- explosive
- expressive
- extensive
- festive
- figurative
- five
- forgave
- forgive
- formative
- fugitive
- furtive
- gave
- give
- glove
- grave
- grieve
- groove
- grove
- halve
- have
- heave
- hive
- hove
- illustrative
- imaginative
- imitative
- impassive
- imperative
- impressive
- improve
- impulsive
- inactive
- incentive
- incisive
- inclusive
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indicative
- ineffective
- inexpensive
- infinitive
- informative
- initiative
- innovative
- inoffensive
- inoperative
- inquisitive
- insensitive
- instinctive
- instructive
- intensive
- interactive
- interweave
- interwove
- intransitive
- introspective
- intrusive
- intuitive
- invective
- inventive
- involve
- irrespective
- iterative
- laxative
- leave
- legislative
- live
- locomotive
- love
- lucrative
- mangrove
- massive
- mauve
- microwave
- misbehave
- missive
- motive
- move
- multiplicative
- naive
- narrative
- native
- negative
- nerve
- nominative
- objective
- observe
- obsessive
- obstructive
- obtrusive
- octave
- offensive
- olive
- operative
- oppressive
- outlive
- passive
- pave
- peeve
- pensive
- perceive
- perceptive
- permissive
- perspective
- persuasive
- pervasive
- plaintive
- positive
- possessive
- prerogative
- preservative
- preserve
- preventive
- primitive
- productive
- progressive
- prohibitive
- prospective
- protective
- prove
- provocative
- punitive
- putative
- qualitative
- quantitative
- radioactive
- rave
- reactive
- receive
- receptive
- recursive
- reflective
- reflexive
- relative
- relieve
- relive
- remove
- repetitive
- representative
- repressive
- reprieve
- reproductive
- reprove
- repulsive
- reserve
- resolve
- respective
- responsive
- restive
- restrictive
- retrieve
- retroactive
- retrospective
- revive
- revolve
- salve
- save
- secretive
- sedative
- seductive
- selective
- sensitive
- serve
- shave
- shelve
- shove
- sieve
- slave
- sleeve
- solve
- speculative
- starve
- stave
- stove
- strive
- strove
- suave
- subjective
- subjunctive
Showing the first 300 of 1,200, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The longer endings below cut this list into readable pieces.
What is in this list
The longest is polyphiloprogenitive at 20 letters.
They run from 3 to 20 letters; 10 and 11 letters tie for the most common length, 176 words each.
325 of them — 27% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of E and V.
The one furthest down the tiers is auditive, filed in the unranked list.
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Longer endings that finish in VE
Elsewhere
- All …E16,933
- starts ACC
- starts ALL
- starts ANA
- starts ANT
- starts APP
- starts ASS
- starts AUT
- starts BAC
- starts BAL
- starts BAN
- starts BAR
- starts BED
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.