Teachable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Teachable \Teach"a*ble\, a.
     Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to
     receive instruction; docile.
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           We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and


           teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God.
                                                    --I. Watts.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  teachable
       adj : ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for
             instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: {docile}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "teachable":
     apt, bright, clever, docile, educable, facile, formable, homely,
     humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, impressionable,
     inglorious, innocuous, instructable, intelligent, least, low,
     lowest, lowliest, lowly, malleable, mean, modest, moldable,
     motivated, plain, plastic, pliable, poor, quick, ready, receptive,
     ripe for instruction, schoolable, simple, small, susceptible,
     thirsty for knowledge, trainable, undistinguished, unimportant,
     unpretentious, willing