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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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Jailing Garner, Judge Brian Cummings KC said: "The suffering experienced by Mr McColl was quite unspeakable and really does not bear dwelling on."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The younger you are, the more influence those recent returns will have on you—because you haven’t been investing long enough to have experienced markets that go down and don’t bounce right back up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The study, published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, brought together data on more than 3,100 glaciers that have experienced surges.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

The study found that roughly one-third of unsheltered respondents had experienced a sweep in the month before they were surveyed, and nearly half had been displaced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

I even feel happy as I imagine setting foot in a new city and having adventures unlike anything I’ve experienced.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar