A list of words using the suffix - ative?

Answer 1

ablative

abortive

absolutive

absorptive

abstractive

accelerative

acceptive

accommodative

accretive

acculturative

accumulative

accusative

acetylative

acquisitive

active

adaptive

addictive

additive

adductive

adjective

adjudicative

adjunctive

adjustive

administrative

adoptive

adsorptive

adumbrative

advective

adventive

adversative

advocative

affective

affirmative

afflictive

affricative

agentive

agglomerative

agglutinative

aggregative

agitative

alliterative

alternative

amative

ameliorative

annotative

anticompetitive

anticreative

antiderivative

antinarrative

antireflective

antispeculative

appellative

apperceptive

appetitive

applicative

appointive

appositive

appreciative

appropriative

approximative

arbitrative

archconservative

argumentative

argumentive

articulative

ascriptive

assaultive

assertive

asseverative

assimilative

associative

assortative

assumptive

attentive

attractive

attributive

auditive

augmentative

authoritative

automotive

bijective

bioactive

calmative

capacitive

captive

carminative

causative

chemoreceptive

circulative

coactive

cogitative

cognitive

collaborative

collective

colligative

combative

combinative

combustive

commemorative

commiserative

communicative

commutative

comparative

compensative

competitive

completive

conative

concentrative

conceptive

conciliative

concoctive

conductive

confederative

configurative

conflictive

confutative

congestive

conglomerative

conjunctive

connective

connotative

consecrative

consecutive

conservative

constative

constitutive

constrictive

constructive

consultative

consultive

consummative

consumptive

contaminative

contemplative

continuative

contortive

contraceptive

contractive

contradistinctive

contrapositive

contrastive

contributive

convective

cooperative

coordinative

copulative

corporative

corrective

correlative

corroborative

corruptive

costive

counteractive

counterincentive

counterintuitive

counterproductive

creative

cryoprotective

cumulative

cunctative

curative

dative

deceptive

declarative

decongestive

deconstructive

decorative

decretive

deductive

defective

definitive

deflective

deformative

degenerative

degradative

deliberative

delineative

demonstrative

denigrative

denominative

denotative

denotive

denunciative

depletive

depreciative

derivative

derogative

descriptive

desiccative

desiderative

designative

destructive

detective

deteriorative

determinative

detonative

detractive

devastative

deverbative

diapositive

digestive

dilative

dilutive

diminutive

directive

disaggregative

discriminative

disincentive

disintegrative

disjunctive

dispositive

disruptive

dissipative

dissociative

distinctive

distractive

distributive

ditransitive

dominative

donative

duplicative

durative

educative

eductive

effective

egestive

ejective

elaborative

elative

elective

electronegative

electropositive

eliminative

elucidative

emanative

emotive

emulative

enactive

enumerative

erective

ergative

eruptive

estimative

evacuative

evaluative

evaporative

evocative

exaggerative

exceptive

excitative

excogitative

excommunicative

execrative

executive

exertive

exfoliative

exhaustive

exhibitive

exhilarative

exhortative

exonerative

expectative

explanative

expletive

explicative

exploitative

exploitive

explorative

expositive

exteroceptive

extinctive

extortive

extractive

extrapolative

exudative

facilitative

factitive

facultative

federative

fermentative

festive

fictive

figurative

fixative

forgetive

formative

frequentative

fricative

fugitive

furtive

generative

genitive

germinative

gesticulative

gravitative

hortative

hyperactive

hypercompetitive

hyperreactive

hypersensitive

ideative

illative

illuminative

illustrative

imaginative

imitative

immunoreactive

impactive

imperative

imperceptive

imperfective

implicative

imputative

inactive

inappreciative

inattentive

incentive

inceptive

inchoative

incommunicative

inconsecutive

incorporative

incubative

indicative

indistinctive

inductive

indurative

ineffective

infective

infiltrative

infinitive

inflective

inflictive

informative

ingestive

inhibitive

initiative

injective

injunctive

innovative

inoculative

inoperative

inquisitive

inscriptive

insensitive

insinuative

inspective

instigative

instinctive

instructive

integrative

intellective

interactive

interdictive

interoceptive

interoperative

interpolative

interpretative

interpretive

interrogative

interruptive

intersubjective

intransitive

introspective

intuitive

intussusceptive

invective

inventive

investigative

irradiative

irrelative

irrespective

irritative

irruptive

iterative

justificative

lacerative

laudative

laxative

legislative

lenitive

ligative

limitative

locative

locomotive

lubricative

lucrative

magnetostrictive

maladaptive

maladjustive

manipulative

mechanoreceptive

mediative

meditative

meliorative

misrepresentative

mitigative

monitive

motivative

motive

multiplicative

mutative

myeloproliferative

narrative

native

negative

neoconservative

neuroactive

neurodegenerative

nociceptive

nominative

nonabsorptive

nonacquisitive

nonadaptive

nonaddictive

nonadditive

nonassertive

nonautomotive

noncognitive

noncombative

noncommunicative

noncommutative

noncompetitive

nonconductive

nonconsecutive

nonconservative

nonconstructive

nonconsumptive

noncooperative

noncreative

noncumulative

nondeceptive

nondeductive

nonderivative

nondescriptive

nondestructive

nondirective

nondisruptive

nondistinctive

noneffective

nonelective

nonevaluative

nonexecutive

nonexploitative

nonexploitive

nonfigurative

nonimitative

noninductive

noninfective

noninteractive

nonintuitive

nonnarrative

nonnative

nonnegative

nonnormative

nonnutritive

nonobjective

nonoperative

nonproductive

nonpunitive

nonquantitative

nonradioactive

nonreactive

nonrelative

nonrepresentative

nonreproductive

nonrestrictive

nonretroactive

nonselective

nonsensitive

nonspeculative

nonsubjective

normative

nuncupative

nutritive

objective

obliterative

obstructive

operative

opinionative

optative

orective

originative

overactive

overassertive

overconservative

overimaginative

overprotective

oversensitive

overtalkative

oxidative

palliative

participative

partitive

pejorative

pendentive

penetrative

perceptive

perfective

performative

permeative

persecutive

personative

perspective

philoprogenitive

phosphorylative

photoconductive

photoinductive

photonegative

photooxidative

photopositive

photoreceptive

photosensitive

placative

plaintive

pollutive

polyphiloprogenitive

portative

positive

posteruptive

postoperative

postpositive

preadaptive

preceptive

precipitative

precognitive

predicative

predictive

preemptive

prefigurative

premeditative

preoperative

preparative

prepositive

prerogative

prescriptive

presentative

preservative

presumptive

preventative

preventive

primitive

privative

proactive

probative

procreative

productive

prognosticative

prohibitive

projective

proliferative

promotive

propagative

proprioceptive

proscriptive

prospective

protective

protractive

provocative

psychoactive

punitive

purgative

putative

putrefactive

qualitative

quantitative

radiative

radioactive

radioprotective

radiosensitive

ratiocinative

reactive

rebarbative

receptive

reciprocative

recitative

reconstructive

recreative

recriminative

recuperative

redemptive

redintegrative

redistributive

reductive

reduplicative

reeducative

reflective

reformative

refractive

regenerative

regulative

rehabilitative

reintegrative

reiterative

rejective

relative

remonstrative

remunerative

renovative

renunciative

reparative

repetitive

replicative

representative

reprobative

reproductive

resistive

resorptive

respective

restive

restorative

restrictive

resuscitative

retaliative

retentive

retributive

retroactive

retrodictive

retroreflective

retrospective

reverberative

rotative

ruminative

sanative

secretive

sedative

seductive

segregative

selective

semiconservative

semiquantitative

sensitive

separative

seronegative

seropositive

significative

simulative

sorptive

speculative

sportive

sporulative

stative

stimulative

subcurative

subjective

subjunctive

subordinative

substantiative

substantive

substitutive

subtractive

suffocative

suggestive

summative

supercompetitive

superconductive

superconservative

supereffective

superlative

superregenerative

supersensitive

suppletive

supportive

suppurative

surjective

susceptive

sustentative

syncopative

talkative

tentative

terminative

titillative

tolerative

tractive

transformative

transitive

translative

transmutative

ulcerative

ultraconservative

ultrasensitive

unappreciative

unassertive

unattractive

uncombative

uncommunicative

uncompetitive

unconstructive

uncooperative

uncreative

undemonstrative

underactive

unimaginative

uninformative

uninstructive

uninventive

unitive

unperceptive

unproductive

unreceptive

unreflective

unrepresentative

unselective

vasoactive

vasoconstrictive

vegetative

vegetive

vindicative

vindictive

violative

vituperative

vocative

volitive

vomitive

votive

Note:

demotive is being used by some people but it is so far considered ungrammatical by lexicographers and has not entered into the dictionaries yet

Answer 2

• affirmative
• annotative
• commemorative
• comparative
• collaborative
• conservative
• creative
• connotative
• communicative
• commutative
• degenerative
• demonstrative
• denotative
• evocative
• explicative
• exploitative
• fricative
• indicative
• insinuative
• imaginative
• informative
• laxative
• lucrative
• narrative
• pejorative
• preservative
• preventative
• provocative
• relative
• representative
• restorative
• superlative
• stimulative
• tentative
• unimaginative

Answer 3

1. Creative
2. Informative
3. Progressive
4. Alternative