teachable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
teachable
    adj 1: ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for
           instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: {docile},
           {teachable}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Teachable \Teach"a*ble\, a.
   Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to
   receive instruction; docile.
   [1913 Webster]

         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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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