Meanings
alternative US collectible
- not comparableSuitable for collecting.
plural collectables · alternative US collectible
- Anything that someone might want to collect.
If you invest in collectables overseas, you can make a profit or loss on currency exchange rates as well as a gain or loss on movements in intrinsic capital value.
2011, Charles Beelaerts, Investing in Collectables1 more example
The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices.
2006, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman, The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology, page 551Synonyms: collector's item
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAnything that someone might want to collect.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesubject to or requiring payment especially as specified
nounthings considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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collectable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectable
“collectable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collectable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectable.
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