addressable

adjective

ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl 

1

: able to be addressed : directly accessible

addressable registers in a computer

2

: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator

addressability

ə-ˌdre-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Examples of addressable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When your social circle has a combined net worth bigger than the GDP of most small countries, your total addressable market only needs to stretch so far. —Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026

Analysts at the bank forecast a global total addressable market for humanoids of $9 trillion by 2050, with China accounting for more than 60% of that. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025

One such critique is that Anduril’s total addressable market — the United States government and its allies — is limited. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Dec. 2025

Companies expanded their total addressable market by moving customers from on-premise products into the cloud, or by introducing entirely new categories—CRM, digital collaboration, video conferencing—that redefined how businesses operate. —Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

address entry 1 + -able

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for addressable

• accessible
• assessable
• compressible
• expressible
• inaccessible
• incompressible
• inexpressible
• irrepressible

Kids Definition

addressable

adjective

ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl 

: able to be reached through an address

addressable registers in a computer