marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl 

1

a

: fit to be offered for sale in a market

food that is not marketable

b

: wanted by purchasers or employers : salable

marketable securities

marketable skills

2

: of or relating to buying or selling

marketability

ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Synonyms of marketable

• profitable
• salable
• valuable
• expensive
• sellable

Examples of marketable in a Sentence

an employee with highly marketable skills

realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs

Recent Examples on the Web

Burke described Rodman as one of the most marketable players in the world in an interview with The Women’s Game podcast this month. —Doha Madani, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025

Raising tiny tree seedlings to a marketable size is a fraught business. —Ali Besharat, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025

Raising tiny tree seedlings to a marketable size is a fraught business. —Ali Besharat, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025

To editors of the time, the most marketable image of Dickinson the poet was that of the eccentric, reclusive, asexual woman in white. —Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for marketable

• unmarketable

Kids Definition

marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl 

1

: fit to be offered for sale

food that has gone bad is not marketable

2

: wanted by purchasers or employers

marketable skills

marketability

ˌmär-kət-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl 

1

: fit to be offered for sale : being such as may be justly or lawfully sold or bought

marketable goods

2

: wanted by buyers

marketable securities

marketability

ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun