teachable

The word “teachable” has 3 syllables: teach-a-ble

It's pronounced as /ˈtiːtʃəbl/


What is synonym and antonym for teachable?

In the thesaurus, “teachable” has 43 synonyms and 48 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for teachable along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for teachable

Antonyms for teachable

  • bad
  • balky
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • defiant
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • dogged
  • errant
  • froward
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • incompliant
  • insubordinate
  • intractable
  • misbehaving
  • mischievous
  • mulish
  • naughty
  • noncompliant
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • obstreperous
  • peevish
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • rebel
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • resistant
  • restive
  • self-willed
  • slow
  • stubborn
  • stupid
  • unamenable
  • uncontrollable
  • ungovernable
  • unmanageable
  • unruly
  • unskilled
  • untoward
  • unyielding
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful

Meanings of teachable

  • adjective
    1. Capable of being taught; apt to learn.
    2. Willing to receive instruction or to learn; docile.
    3. That can be taught.
    4. Facilitating teaching; instructive.

Example Sentences

  • She has a teachable attitude, always eager to learn new skills.
  • The child is very teachable and picks up new concepts quickly.
  • A good teacher knows how to make a lesson teachable for all students.
  • He’s teachable and open to constructive feedback.
  • A teachable person is willing to listen and improve from advice.

On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to teachable, such as: able, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, amiable, apt, bad.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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obedient

obeisant

obsequious

  • abject
  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • beggarly
  • biddable
  • brown-nosing
  • complacent
  • compliable
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • constrained
  • controllable
  • cringing
  • crouching
  • curbed
  • decorous
  • deferential
  • disciplinable
  • disciplined
  • docile
  • duteous
  • dutiful
  • enslaved
  • fawning
  • flattering
  • gentle
  • governable
  • handleable
  • ingratiating
  • inhibited
  • kowtowing
  • law-abiding
  • manageable
  • mannerly
  • meek
  • menial
  • mild
  • obedient
  • obeisant
  • obliging
  • oily
  • orderly
  • parasitic
  • parasitical
  • placable
  • prostrate
  • repressed
  • respectful
  • restrained
  • servile
  • slavish
  • sneaking
  • sniveling
  • soft
  • spineless
  • stipendiary
  • subject
  • submissive
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • surrendering
  • sycophantic
  • tame
  • teachable
  • toadying
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • unctuous
  • yielding

handleable

law abiding

  • aboveboard
  • acclaimed
  • accurate
  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • all together
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • angelic
  • arranged
  • at peace
  • attentive
  • authentic
  • bald
  • biddable
  • blameless
  • blunt
  • bona fide
  • businesslike
  • calm
  • candid
  • categorical
  • celebrated
  • charitable
  • chivalrous
  • cogent
  • commendable
  • complaisant
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • conscientious
  • constant
  • constrained
  • controllable
  • controlled
  • creditable
  • curbed
  • decent
  • decorous
  • deferential
  • dependable
  • deserving
  • devoted
  • devout
  • direct
  • disciplinable
  • disciplined
  • distinguished
  • docile
  • docious
  • duteous
  • dutiful
  • eminent
  • equitable
  • esteemed
  • estimable
  • ethical
  • exemplary
  • fair
  • fair and square
  • faithful
  • fawning
  • forthright
  • frank
  • gentle
  • genuine
  • godlike
  • good
  • governable
  • guiltless
  • handleable
  • high-minded
  • high-principled
  • holy
  • honest
  • honorable
  • honored
  • honoring
  • illustrious
  • impartial
  • in good shape
  • in order
  • ingenuous
  • inhibited
  • innocent
  • irreproachable
  • just
  • knightly
  • kowtowing
  • laudable
  • lay it on the line
  • levelheaded
  • like it is
  • loyal
  • manageable
  • mannerly
  • matchless
  • meek
  • meritorious
  • methodical
  • mild
  • moral
  • neat
  • no lie
  • noble
  • nonviolent
  • notable
  • obedient
  • obeisant
  • obliging
  • obsequious
  • observant
  • of good repute
  • on a string
  • on the level
  • on the up and up
  • open
  • orderly
  • organized
  • outright
  • peaceable
  • peerless
  • philanthropic
  • philanthropical
  • placable
  • plain
  • pliant
  • point-blank
  • praiseworthy
  • precise
  • principled
  • proper
  • punctilious
  • pure
  • quiet
  • real
  • regardful
  • reliable
  • repressed
  • reputable
  • resigned
  • respectable
  • respectful
  • restrained
  • reverent
  • reverential
  • right-minded
  • righteous
  • saintly
  • satisfactory
  • satisfying
  • scrupulous
  • sensible
  • serious
  • servile
  • sheeplike
  • shipshape
  • sincere
  • sinless
  • slavish
  • sober
  • soft
  • sound
  • spiritual
  • stalwart
  • steadfast
  • sterling
  • straight
  • straightforward
  • submissive
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • summary
  • surrendering
  • systematic
  • systematized
  • tame
  • teachable
  • tidy
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • tranquil
  • true
  • true blue
  • trustworthy
  • trusty
  • truthful
  • under control
  • undisguised
  • unfeigned
  • unqualified
  • unstained
  • upfront
  • upright
  • upstanding
  • valid
  • venerating
  • veracious
  • virtuous
  • well-behaved
  • well-mannered
  • well-organized
  • well-trained
  • what you see is what you get
  • willing
  • worthy
  • wrapped around finger
  • yielding

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