The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

jive \jive\ n.
   a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s;
   flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.

   Syn: swing, swing music.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jive
    n 1: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s;
         flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
         [syn: swing, swing music, jive]
    v 1: dance to jive music; dance the jive

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "jive":
   acid rock, avant-garde jazz, badinage, ballroom music, banter,
   bebop, boogie-woogie, bop, chaff, country rock, dance music,
   dances, exchange, folk rock, fooling, fooling around, fun,
   give-and-take, good-natured banter, hard rock, harmless teasing,
   haze, hot jazz, jape, jazz, jest, joke, jolly, josh, kid, kidding,
   kidding around, mainstream jazz, musical suite, needle, persiflage,
   play jazz, pleasantry, put on, rag, ragtime, raillery, rally,
   rallying, razz, rhythm-and-blues, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, rock,
   rock-and-roll, sport, suite, suite of dances, swing, syncopate,
   syncopated music, syncopation, tease, the new music, twit