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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Overall, postal workers across the country experienced more than 5,200 dog attack incidents last year, according to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” Blue Origin said in a social-media post.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

But it does leave Van Dijk, 34, as their only experienced central defender alongside Joe Gomez, 29.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Millennial parents who didn’t have kids until their early 30s experienced a few economic cycles of their own and had more time to build their financial stability.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

He was experienced now at asking the residents about their lives, but Vivian was still intimidating.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

experienced

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