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

This should also widen its addressable markets and diversify its products and services, while also helping mitigate against any future pricing pressures within retail crypto trading. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 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

But Meta said that its addressable market was much broader than the handful of remaining social media companies founded in the aughts. —Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025

Hazen noted that Boot Barn’s new total addressable market is now estimated to be approximately $58 billion, with market growth across all categories. —Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 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