<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--XBRL Document Created with the Workiva Platform-->
<!--Copyright 2026 Workiva-->
<!--r:019ef1f2-3ece-7edc-a94e-78b2f0c0db4d,g:5803ef30-907e-4e56-8d2d-014ef8121eca-->
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://nuvve.com/role/Cover" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="nvve-20260623.xsd#Cover"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://nuvve.com/role/Cover" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019ef1f2-3ece-7cfb-8352-0ec78b16c429" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019ef1f2-3ece-7cfb-8352-0ec78b16c429" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis_019ef1f2-3ece-7e8a-a00d-8c5a34c2d4c3" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019ef1f2-3ece-7cfb-8352-0ec78b16c429" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis_019ef1f2-3ece-7e8a-a00d-8c5a34c2d4c3" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain_019ef1f2-3ece-7e8a-a00d-8c5a34c2d4c3_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis_019ef1f2-3ece-7e8a-a00d-8c5a34c2d4c3" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain_019ef1f2-3ece-7e8a-a00d-8c5a34c2d4c3_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain_019ef1f2-3ece-74ee-b95b-1a07cd740041" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis_019ef1f2-3ece-7e8a-a00d-8c5a34c2d4c3" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain_019ef1f2-3ece-74ee-b95b-1a07cd740041" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_CommonStockMember_019ef1f2-3ece-73a1-b01a-1b993a4ed888" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_CommonStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain_019ef1f2-3ece-74ee-b95b-1a07cd740041" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_CommonStockMember_019ef1f2-3ece-73a1-b01a-1b993a4ed888" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_WarrantMember_019ef1f2-3ece-7914-a436-2cec476b8b34" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_WarrantMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_EquityComponentDomain_019ef1f2-3ece-74ee-b95b-1a07cd740041" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_WarrantMember_019ef1f2-3ece-7914-a436-2cec476b8b34" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentType_019ef1f2-3ece-7d55-a10e-3381c73dab23" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentType"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentType_019ef1f2-3ece-7d55-a10e-3381c73dab23" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_019ef1f2-3ece-7a52-97e7-3c4bdc559215" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_019ef1f2-3ece-7a52-97e7-3c4bdc559215" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_019ef1f2-3ece-73eb-8092-dc504d131e8e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_019ef1f2-3ece-73eb-8092-dc504d131e8e" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_019ef1f2-3ece-7eee-ad96-fba7a4290f25" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_019ef1f2-3ece-7eee-ad96-fba7a4290f25" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_019ef1f2-3ece-7ec3-9340-866a2bd45c84" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_019ef1f2-3ece-7ec3-9340-866a2bd45c84" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_019ef1f2-3ece-7091-a7f2-a3bb4c9d02cd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_019ef1f2-3ece-7091-a7f2-a3bb4c9d02cd" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_019ef1f2-3ece-7f5a-a760-23918158e3ca" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_019ef1f2-3ece-7f5a-a760-23918158e3ca" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_019ef1f2-3ece-78c0-8af1-18f7be6eb85a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_019ef1f2-3ece-78c0-8af1-18f7be6eb85a" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_019ef1f2-3ece-7a4a-8b4f-97e139837cae" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_019ef1f2-3ece-7a4a-8b4f-97e139837cae" xlink:type="arc" order="8"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_019ef1f2-3ece-70b3-abf0-dd04e261583a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_019ef1f2-3ece-70b3-abf0-dd04e261583a" xlink:type="arc" order="9"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_019ef1f2-3ece-70e1-b2d1-4085ee6ef3b9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_019ef1f2-3ece-70e1-b2d1-4085ee6ef3b9" xlink:type="arc" order="10"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_019ef1f2-3ece-73bd-83cd-c8ee20874d1e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_019ef1f2-3ece-73bd-83cd-c8ee20874d1e" xlink:type="arc" order="11"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_019ef1f2-3ece-7bc1-b6c4-00178f7a5903" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_019ef1f2-3ece-7bc1-b6c4-00178f7a5903" xlink:type="arc" order="12"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_019ef1f2-3ece-756f-964e-a05f36451331" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_019ef1f2-3ece-756f-964e-a05f36451331" xlink:type="arc" order="13"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_019ef1f2-3ece-786a-828e-87388b6b595e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_019ef1f2-3ece-786a-828e-87388b6b595e" xlink:type="arc" order="14"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_019ef1f2-3ece-75c5-98af-482613ec8892" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_019ef1f2-3ece-75c5-98af-482613ec8892" xlink:type="arc" order="15"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_019ef1f2-3ece-745c-946d-5b2183ddcc43" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_019ef1f2-3ece-745c-946d-5b2183ddcc43" xlink:type="arc" order="16"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_019ef1f2-3ece-7cb6-a8d6-bf6c63690822" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_019ef1f2-3ece-7cb6-a8d6-bf6c63690822" xlink:type="arc" order="17"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_019ef1f2-3ece-7a08-baf0-77d01be36d79" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_019ef1f2-3ece-7a08-baf0-77d01be36d79" xlink:type="arc" order="18"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_019ef1f2-3ece-7b40-b22d-472104b643ac" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_019ef1f2-3ece-7b40-b22d-472104b643ac" xlink:type="arc" order="19"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityExTransitionPeriod_019ef1f2-3ece-74a1-a6e0-10dac6383cdd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityExTransitionPeriod"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityExTransitionPeriod_019ef1f2-3ece-74a1-a6e0-10dac6383cdd" xlink:type="arc" order="20"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_019ef1f2-3ece-781f-9a05-fc9b39cb9f78" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_019ef1f2-3ece-781f-9a05-fc9b39cb9f78" xlink:type="arc" order="21"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_019ef1f2-3ece-7814-8e2c-19da318b76db" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ef1f2-3ece-7a97-960f-57732de72784" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_019ef1f2-3ece-7814-8e2c-19da318b76db" xlink:type="arc" order="22"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
</link:linkbase>
