teachable

English

Etymology

teach +‎ -able

Adjective

teachable (comparative more teachable, superlative most teachable)

1. Capable of being taught; apt to learn.
2. Willing to receive instruction or to learn; docile.
3. That can be taught.

   Common sense is not a teachable subject.

4. Facilitating teaching; instructive.
   • 2011, Marjorie Kostelnik, Kara Gregory, Anne Soderman, Guiding Children's Social Development and Learning (page 10)

     Such natural opportunities for social learning become teachable moments, in which children are motivated to learn new strategies.

Synonyms

• docile

Translations

capable of being taught

• Czech: učenlivý (cs) m

• Spanish: enseñable (es)

willing to receive instruction or learn

• Czech: učenlivý (cs) m

References

• teachable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• teachable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• cheatable