teachable

adjective

Definition of teachablenext
as in trainable

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Recent Examples of teachable That is why this moment should be treated as a teachable one. — Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026 Be teachable and engage in open-minded conversations. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026 You are invited to stay teachable, lead with intellect and discernment, and use your innate spiritual technology that lives within you to reinvent ways of living that are efficient and needed. — Tatianna Tarot, Refinery29, 2 Dec. 2025 These measurable, teachable competencies are often discipline-specific but share common elements across all engineering fields. — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teachable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teachable
  1. trainable
  2. tractable
  3. controllable
  4. manageable
  5. obedient
  6. docile
  7. submissive
  8. amenable
Adjective
  • Nervous system training has moved from clinical biofeedback labs to everyday wrist wearables, with brands like Oura, WHOOP and Apollo Neuro reframing stress as a trainable fitness metric.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • The infrastructure layer that makes those models trainable, specifically, the physical world data supply chain, remains underfunded relative to the problem size.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of trainable
Adjective
  • External control arms, comparative effectiveness studies against real-world standard of care, post-market expansions of indication and broader safety analyses all become more tractable.
    — David Talby, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Definition of tractable
Adjective
  • Among the technologies still being developed are controllable generative fluids.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The electrical rig generates intense, controllable thermal energy without needing radioactive fuel.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of controllable
Adjective
  • NBCUniversal is a logical target, given that the company will be spun out from Comcast next year and thus would make for a much smaller and more manageable acquisition than the entirety of Comcast.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
  • These areas have seen success with organic cultivation thanks to favorable soil conditions, low pesticide history and manageable pest pressure.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of manageable
Adjective
  • The Attorney General, Todd Blanche, is an obedient Tom Hagen.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Reflecting on her obedient past as a child actor, Panettiere told THR that that pressure ultimately took a toll on her.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of obedient
Adjective
  • What happened to that docile small-town bunch that was once embarrassingly soft?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The models in the film, meanwhile, run the spectrum from docile to diva — including Evangelista, who’s entreating the camera with an impish smile even while having a little fit backstage.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of docile
Adjective
  • The implication is that stage types and progressive politicians are craven, submissive, and insincere.
    — Erik Forrest Jackson, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Today, other drugs are more often deployed, chiefly benzodiazepines or the benzodiazepine Clonazepam, which also render a person zombie-like and more reliably submissive.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of submissive
Adjective
  • Economic factors play a role, but culture plays a larger one and is less amenable to policy interventions.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Paramount owner David Ellison is of course in the throes of acquiring Warner Bros and has already proven to be more than amenable to Trump and allies.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of amenable

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“Teachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teachable. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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