The present invention addresses the problems of providing a polymerizable compound which, when added to a polymerizable composition, has high storage stability without causing any crystal precipitation, etc. and of providing a polymerizable composition which contains the polymerizable compound and which, when polymerized, gives a film-shaped polymerizate that has a low haze and high evenness of film thickness, is reduced in orientation unevenness, has high surface hardness and high adhesive properties, has a satisfactory appearance even after irradiation with ultraviolet light, and is reduced in orientation defects. The present invention further addresses the problem of providing a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition and an optically anisotropic object or the like which includes the polymer.