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

• profitable
• salable
• valuable
• saleable
• expensive
• merchantable
• 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

Make your own list of must-haves for a target geography, make a list of your marketable skills, and take your career abroad as an entrepreneur. —Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Its challenge now is creating films that feel distinctive while also being easily marketable. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 June 2025

People have been told that Black and country music is not marketable. —Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 23 June 2025

Those referred to the Detroit Pistons’ too effective strategy of physicality, trapping, hard-fouling – the stuff Clark and all the WNBA’s most competent, marketable scorers are still dealing with. —Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 18 June 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