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Employable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMPLOY'ABLE, a. That may be employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available [ant: unemployable] n
1: a person who is qualified and ready to work

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1593 capable of being employed • employability noun II. noun Date: 1934 one who is employable

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Employable Em*ploy"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. employable.] Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. --Boyle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is employable has skills or abilities that are likely to make someone want to give them a job. People need basic education if they are to become employable. ...employable adults. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

accessible, advantageous, agential, agentival, agentive, appropriate, assisting, banausic, beneficial, commodious, conducive, expedient, facilitating, favoring, fitting, forwarding, functional, good for, handy, helpful, instrumental, intermediary, mediating, mediatorial, ministerial, ministering, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, open, operative, practicable, practical, pragmatical, promoting, proper, serviceable, subservient, usable, useful, utilitarian