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experienced

[ik-speer-ee-uhnst] / ɪkˈspɪər i ənst /
ADJECTIVE
knowledgeable, knowing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplished capable competent mature professional qualified seasoned skillful sophisticated trained veteran wise
STRONG
accustomed cultivated dynamite instructed matured practiced rounded sport tested tried versed vet
WEAK
adept been around been there broken in expert familiar having something on the ball in the know knowing one's stuff knowing the score old old hand practical pro the right stuff well-versed worldly worldly-wise
Antonyms
STRONGEST
amateur green ignorant incapable incompetent inept inexperienced unable unskilled unskillful untalented untrained
WEAK
immature unfamiliar unknowledgeable unseasoned unsophisticated

Example Sentences

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Local conditions shape how warming is experienced, which means policies and adaptation strategies must be tailored to specific areas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Customer feedback is also influencing new product features, with Salesforce speeding up the release of voice and observability tools as a result of what FDEs experienced.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Across the U.S., people were slammed with record-shattering daily averages that are typically experienced in July.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The U.S. on Friday experienced its first known loss of a jet inside Iran since the start of the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Perhaps you may think that taking the icicle pop is the obvious response, but C.C. was neither experienced nor comfortable in social situations.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.