employable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪmˈplɔɪəbəl/ UK /ɪmˈplɔɪəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having skills or qualities that make one suitable for work

The training program aims to make graduates more employable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having skills or qualities... hireablequalified suitable competentmarketable

Opposites

unemployableunqualified unsuitable

Word family

Derived forms employability

Related forms employ employee employer employment

Etymology

From employ (from Old French employer, from Latin implicare 'to enfold, involve') + the suffix -able.

implicare Latin plicare Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# employable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈplɔɪəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈplɔɪəbəl/

## Meanings
1. having skills or qualities that make one suitable for work

## Examples
- The training program aims to make graduates more employable.

## Synonyms
- hireable
- qualified
- suitable
- competent
- marketable

## Antonyms
- unemployable
- unqualified
- unsuitable

## Derived Forms
- employability

## Related Forms
- employ
- employee
- employer
- employment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: implicare
- Root: plicare

## Etymology
From employ (from Old French employer, from Latin implicare 'to enfold, involve') + the suffix -able.

## AI Etymology
Employable comes from employ (from Old French employer, from Latin implicare 'to enfold, involve') + the suffix -able. Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "having skills or qualities that make one suitable for work", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as employability and related forms such as employ, employee, employer, and employment, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin implicare and Latin plicare, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by hireable, qualified, suitable, and competent on one side and contrasts such as unemployable, unqualified, and unsuitable on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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