in demand

1. 1.

   greatly desired

   Synonymscovetedsought aftersought-after

   Similardesirable

Questions about in demand

What does in demand mean?

in demand means "greatly desired".

What is another word for in demand?

Close synonyms include coveted, sought after, sought-after. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in demand a common word?

in demand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.