Collectable

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that someone might want to collect.

    "The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices."

  2. 2
    things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Suitable for collecting. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    subject to or requiring payment especially as specified wordnet

Example

More examples

"The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices."

Etymology

From collect + -able.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.