teachable

American  

[tee-chuh-buhl] / ˈti tʃə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.

2. capable of being taught, as a subject.

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Other Word Forms

• nonteachability
  noun
• nonteachableness
  noun
• teachability
  noun
• teachableness
  noun
• nonteachable
  adjective
• unteachable
  adjective
• nonteachably
  adverb
• teachably
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of teachable

First recorded in 1475–85; teach + -able

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

teachable

That line stayed with me when I spoke to Gregory Rogers, a criminal-justice lecturer and former FBI agent who’s been trying to turn the assassination into a teachable moment.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025

This should be a teachable moment, the adulting equivalent of an afterschool special.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2025

Society may react to them negatively, but these are shown as fleeting interactions and/or the disabled people in question emphasize how they use these opportunities to create teachable moments.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

"When parents feel they've set a bad example, they have a valuable opportunity to turn the situation into a teachable moment."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

When Sarah and Daniel and I run through our allowances and ask to borrow money from our folks, we get a huge lecture, and then they make it a teachable moment.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen