SALABLE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

salable

adjective

ˈsā-lə-bəl

variants or saleable

Definition of salable

as in corporate

fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale an item that would be too expensive to produce, and attractive to too few people, to ever be considered a salable commodity

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in marketable

fit to be offered for sale the car has to be put in better condition before it will be at all salable

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Recent Examples of salable But, with the advent of platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, the online self became highly saleable. — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Bulls that aren’t saleable become steer for the ranch’s beef market, a direct-to-consumer enterprise through which local families can purchase beef by the pound or buy beef shares — freezer beef sold in quarters, halves or wholes. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 With most of the master’s level degrees, any pretense of value beyond rendering the prospective students more salable in the workforce is often dispensed with entirely. — James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2026 Because fellow directors usually aim to make movies better, not just more salable. — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable

Adjective

Promising innovation and economic growth doesn't answer questions about electricity bills and corporate accountability, and expressing concern about the technology doesn't explain how to capture its potential benefits.

— Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Luciano Santel, group chief corporate and supply officer, noted that China remains Moncler’s strongest customer base — whether shopping at home or abroad.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of corporate

Adjective

The vicious cycle of the current model, of course, is that to become marketable a team needs to get and retain good players, and to do that a school has to spend money, which cycles the whole thing back to the start.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
But a formal deal never materialized, especially as David chafed at possible rewrites that might make the dark comedy more marketable.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of marketable

Adjective

Government should set a clear course and let businesses decide which technologies make commercial sense.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The building was under construction on a busy commercial street in the Eastleigh area, which is often crowded with thousands of traders and residents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of commercial

Adjective

Maeda said that Rakuten Medical’s Japan branch is profitable, though the global entity operates at a loss due to high research spending.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Lionel Mestre, partner at French private equity firm Weinberg Capital Partners, told CNBC his firm still focuses on profitable defense businesses with established products, customers and positive cash flow, rather than early-stage startups.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of profitable

Adjective

The approach is particularly valuable because not every mechanical problem can be easily identified through a visual inspection.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Investors are already measuring the 5-year-old company's potential market cap in the trillions, putting it in a category with the world's most valuable companies.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of valuable

Adjective

That lowers the barrier to entry and makes the practice sellable to buyers who were never going to invest in a dedicated plunge tub.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
In our experience, that constraint is what makes autonomy sellable to a CFO at all.

— Puneet Gaur, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sellable

Adjective

They were showered with expensive clothes, spa treatments, and drugs, and given weekly allowances ranging from $150 to $200.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Why concert tickets keep getting more expensive Artists, promoters, venues, and ticketing platforms all take a cut of each ticket.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of expensive

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