Definitions

been around

ADJECTIVE

aged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elderly

STRONG

ancient antediluvian antiquated antique gray oldie shot worn

WEAK

age-old creaky getting on moth-eaten over the hill passé rusty senescent senior citizen timeworn venerable worse for wear

Antonyms

STRONG

fresh modern new recent up-to-date young

WEAK

unripe youthful

ADJECTIVE

ancient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

age-old antique archaic hoary old-fashioned timeworn venerable

STRONG

aged antediluvian bygone elderly fossil oldie relic remote

WEAK

antiquated back number creaky early few miles on lot of mileage moth-eaten obsolete old goat older out-of-date outmoded primal primeval primordial rusty superannuated worse for wear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

current fresh modern new

STRONG

young

ADJECTIVE

elderly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aged aging old retired

STRONG

ancient gray

WEAK

declining hoary long in tooth lot of mileage no spring chicken olden on last leg over the hill tired venerable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

new young youthful

WEAK

youth

ADJECTIVE

experienced

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 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

ADJECTIVE

jaded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bored tired weary

STRONG

cool dulled fagged fatigued sated satiated spent surfeited wearied worn

WEAK

blah blasé done it all fed up had it sick of tired-out up to here worn-down worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh

WEAK

unused

ADJECTIVE

not born yesterday

Synonyms

WEAK

battle-scarred canny cunning on the ball savvy seasoned trained unbelieving wise worldly

ADJECTIVE

seasoned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplished competent hardened knowledgeable qualified skillful trained wise

STRONG

instructed matured practiced prepared tested toughened tried vet weathered

WEAK

adept battle-scarred been there expert familiar old hand pro professional veteran worldly worldly wise

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant incapable inept inexperienced unable unskilled untalented

ADJECTIVE

sophisticated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mature practical refined worldly

STRONG

bored citified cool cultivated disenchanted disillusioned experienced jaded knowing practiced schooled seasoned smooth studied

WEAK

adult artificial blasé couth cynical in in the know into jet-set laid-back mondaine on to sharp skeptical stagy streetwise suave svelte switched-on uptown urbane well-bred wise to wised-up with it world-weary worldly-wise

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inexperienced unrefined unsophisticated

STRONG

enchanted encouraged enthusiastic excited uncool

WEAK

easy naive simple slow uncultivated uncultured

ADJECTIVE

veteran

Synonyms

STRONGEST

old-time skilled trained

STRONG

adept expert old pro steady versed vet wise

WEAK

battle-scarred disciplined exercised from way back hardened inured knows one's stuff long-serving long-time not born yesterday of the old school practical practiced proficient sophisticated up to speed weathered wise to ways worldly

Antonyms

STRONG

unskilled

WEAK

amateur green inexperienced

ADJECTIVE

worldly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cosmopolitan hardened practical selfish urbane

WEAK

avaricious blasé callous cool covetous disenchanted grasping greedy knowing opportunistic power-loving self-centered unprincipled uptown worldly wise

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kind

WEAK

immaterial low otherworldly religious unrefined unsophisticated

Example Sentences

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The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Google says it can harness technology to optimize a concept that’s been around for decades, but hasn’t been successfully scaled with mosquitoes to rein in disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Quantum technology has been around for decades, but only in recent years has commercial adoption started to take off.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Travel nursing has been around for decades but exploded during the pandemic, when hospitals were desperate for staff.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

I don’t even know what the rosary means, which prayers go with which beads, and they’ve been around Pop’s neck or fist ever since my grandmother died.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

been around

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