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Definitions

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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Now, after 33 months of follow-up, none of the patients have experienced a relapse.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

The aviation giant's attorney Dan Webb expressed the company's sorrow at the crash and said he agreed that the family should receive "significant financial compensation for the harm they've experienced."

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Colleges today are increasingly recruiting experienced international athletes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Crowd control was briefly added to the curriculum in 2021 for experienced law enforcement officers, he said, but it was later removed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

For a brief moment, Duane experienced absolute silence, which was peaceful but also dreadful, because that was the moment that he and the toboggan, so far above the ground below, finally stopped.

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