TEACHABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

teachable

adjective

Definition of teachable

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

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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

The goal was to generate multi-angle images with controllable 3D camera parameters.

— Taras Tymoshchuk, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Researchers are pursuing safer and more controllable methods, including small molecules that might produce reprogramming without the introduction of new genes.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of controllable

Adjective

Until the Houthis’ intervention, the oil situation had appeared just about manageable, thanks to Red Sea exports and the US shepherding vessels through Hormuz; oil shipments there are now at roughly a third of pre-war levels.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
Leach visited several branches Friday before finding a manageable line in Marina del Rey.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of manageable

Adjective

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
The native, late summer-blooming obedient plant is a showy addition to your garden.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of obedient

Adjective

Was the prevailing idea that enslaved people were sweet and innocent and docile and as giving and forgiving as Uncle Tom?

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The attorney for HeeHaw's owner says the donkey was raised as a pet and known to be docile.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 18 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

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