Meanings
comparative more in demand · superlative most in demand
- Sought-after; popular; coveted.
Importantly, apprenticeships provide an alternate route into employment, giving people from all backgrounds the chance to build in-demand skills and a career for life.
2023 March 8, Neil Robertson, “Tackling the skills shortage”, in RAIL, number 978, page 331 more example
At the heart of that dramatic opening period was in-demand midfield man Charlie Adam, who continues to be pursued by Liverpool and has informed Blackpool of his desire to leave.
2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemuch wanted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 搶手 /抢手, 有需要的
- 搶手 /抢手 (qiǎngshǒu)sought-after
- 有需要的 (yǒu xūyào de)sought-after
Danish efterspurgt, ombejlet
- efterspurgtsought-after
- ombejletsought-after
Finnish kysytty, kurantti
- kysyttysought-after
- kuranttisought-after
French être très demandé, recherché
- être très demandésought-after
- recherchésought-after
German gesucht, begehrt
- gesuchtsought-after
- begehrtsought-after
- hoch im Kurssought-after
Italian conteso, pregiato
- contesosought-after
- pregiatosought-after
- gettonatosought-after
- ricercatosought-after
- richiestosought-after
- ambitosought-after
Japanese 需要がある, 人気がある
- 需要がある (juyō ga aru)sought-after
- 人気がある (ninki ga aru)sought-after
Korean 수요가 있다, 인기가 있다
- 수요가 있다 (suyo-ga itda)sought-after
- 인기가 있다 (in'gi-ga itda)sought-after
Norwegian Bokmål ettertraktet
- ettertraktetsought-after
Polish rozchwytywany, pożądany
- rozchwytywanysought-after
- pożądanysought-after
Portuguese em demanda
- em demandasought-after
Russian востре́бованный, иско́мый
- востре́бованный (vostrébovannyj)sought-after
- иско́мый (iskómyj)sought-after
- жела́нный (želánnyj)sought-after
- тре́буемый (trébujemyj)sought-after
- популя́рный (populjárnyj)sought-after
- по́льзующийся спро́сом (pólʹzujuščijsja sprósom)sought-after
Spanish cotizado, solicitado
- cotizadosought-after
- solicitadosought-after
Swedish eftersökt, efterfrågad
- eftersöktsought-after
- efterfrågadsought-after
- eftertraktadsought-after
Ukrainian популярний, той, що користується попитом
- популярний (populjarnyj)sought-after
- той, що користується попитом (toj, ščo korystujetʹsja popytom)sought-after
Vietnamese bán chạy, đắt hàng
- bán chạysought-after
- đắt hàngsought-after
Cite this entry
in demand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20demand
“in demand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20demand. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in demand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20demand.
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