Meanings
adjectiveemployable (comparative more employable, superlative most employable)
comparative more employable · superlative most employable
- especiallyAble to be employed.
‘We can give you the skills you’re missing to make you highly employable,’ Julian smiled.
2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 166
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectivephysically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French employable
- employableable to be employed
German erwerbsfähig, arbeitsfähig
- erwerbsfähigable to be employed
- arbeitsfähigable to be employed
- Erwerbsfähigerperson who is fit for employment
- Erwerbsfähigeperson who is fit for employment
Irish infhostaithe
- infhostaitheable to be employed
Italian assumibile
- assumibileable to be employed
Portuguese empregável
- empregávelable to be employed
Swedish anställningsbar
- anställningsbarable to be employed
Cite this entry
APA
employable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/employable
MLA
“employable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/employable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “employable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/employable.
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