teachable

[ tee-chuh-buh l ]

/ ˈti tʃə bəl /

capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.

capable of being taught, as a subject.

Words nearby teachable

First recorded in 1475–85; teach + -able

teach·a·bil·i·ty, teach·a·ble·ness, nounteach·a·bly, adverbnon·teach·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·teach·a·ble, adjective

non·teach·a·ble·ness, nounnon·teach·a·bly, adverbun·teach·a·ble, adjective

And so now we need to remember a very wise maxim: A teachable moment only has value if you are willing to be taught.
Flight 370 Didn’t Disappear: We Missed It|Clive Irving|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The students, a handful of them Democratic activists, nod appreciatively at what the president might call a “teachable moment.”
The Democrats’ Last Woman Standing: New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan|Allison Yarrow|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I realize what clearly many others seem to forget—that not every moment is a teachable one.
Why It Makes Sense That Michelle Obama Would Trade Places With Beyoncé|Allison Samuels|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It takes far less than 46 days for a teachable moment to devolve into an airing of fetid undercurrents from the American id.
What Got George Zimmerman Charged With Second-Degree Murder|Jelani Cobb|April 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

When Obama heralds another “teachable moment,” it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.
The Obama Gang Can't Shoot Straight|Tina Brown|July 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
They are assured by the success of this book that agriculture is eminently a teachable subject.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
Thus the great lesson of life is to practise the search for knowledge—and if virtue is knowledge it will be teachable.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb
Only be teachable, and you have already made much way in this philosophy.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm
Though she was a woman of very strong character and personality, she became as gentle and teachable as a little child.
Riches of Grace|E. E. Byrum
There exist no teachers of it; and therefore we must conclude that it is not teachable.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4)|George Grote