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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Many participants experienced gains large enough to be considered clinically meaningful.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

Clarke's masterplan, so to speak, was playing Kieran Tierney ahead of Robertson on the left, two vastly experienced operators to deal with the threat of Hakimi and Brahim Diaz.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

And is this group ready for a level of pressure and expectation that American men’s soccer teams have never before experienced?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

And we found that companies with more Epstein-connected directors experienced much worse governance over time – measured through negative media attention about executive misconduct, fraud and corruption.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026

On June 20, Grinstein finally returned to tell him that Goldman Sachs had experienced “systems failure.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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