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

As homesteading, cottagecore and tradwife content converge online, the overlap has made the category more marketable. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

The real opportunity may lie in slow diffusion and integration, a less marketable but potentially sound thesis. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Maryland should stop selling marketable securities shortly after receiving them. — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026

After all, their legacy consorting with carnies and flimflammers is less marketable than a tale of mother and daughter reuniting after surviving back-to-back shipwrecks. — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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