Synonyms for teachable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tee-chuh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈti tʃə bəl

Définition of teachable

Origin : late 15c., from teach (v.) + -able. Teachable moment attested from 1917, not common until after c.1960.

adj open to instruction

Example sentences :

Virtue is no sooner discovered to be teachable, than the discovery follows that it is not taught.
Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

She was quite a little lady, so gentle, teachable, and well mannered.
Extract from : « Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak » by Harriette McDougall

I see it does indeed need to be approached in a teachable spirit.
Extract from : « True to his Colours » by Theodore P. Wilson

Nor does Protagoras deny that men are teachable and modifiable.
Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) » by George Grote

Yet there are opposing reasons, showing that it cannot be teachable.
Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote

I call him Mega-ergaton docile, 'the teachable great-worker.'
Extract from : « A Century of Science and Other Essays » by John Fiske

It is trying to help the farmer, and it begins with the most teachable point—the child.
Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

In this spirit agriculture is divided into its teachable units.
Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

Only be teachable, and you have already made much way in this philosophy.
Extract from : « The Oxford Reformers » by Frederic Seebohm

She was willing and teachable and grateful for every kind word said to her.
Extract from : « The Girl From the Marsh Croft » by Selma Lagerlf

Antonyms for teachable

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