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

Three seasons at Princeton and a wave of Canadian success in hoops, led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Andrew Wiggins and former Gator Andrew Nembhard, eventually made Lee a top transfer target in America and marketable back back home. —Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026

Concerns have turned to whether the league will be able to keep the Washington Spirit's Trinity Rodman, one of the most marketable women in soccer, in the off-season. —Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 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

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