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

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He explained he and his wife had been assigned a bereavement midwife named Lauren, who had experienced a similar tragedy and retrained in order to help other families.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

But now that we’ve both experienced our sons defending someone else’s thesis, I believe I can speak for the two of us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

There is, as you have experienced, a gap between the number of personal-finance courses in high schools and the number of people actually implementing those lessons.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

San Juan, for example, experienced one of its warmest Julys on record.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Even with two experienced navigators on board, they couldn’t find a place to land.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

experienced

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