teachable

teachable

English

Etymology

From Middle English techeable, techeabyll, techeabylle, equivalent to 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 m Latin: docilis, docibilis

Spanish: enseñable (es)

willing to receive instruction or learn

Czech: učenlivý m

References

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

Anagrams

• cheatable