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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

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fresh modern new recent up-to-date young

WEAK

unripe youthful

ADJECTIVE

ancient

Synonyms

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antiquated back number creaky early few miles on lot of mileage moth-eaten obsolete old goat older out-of-date outmoded primal primeval primordial rusty superannuated worse for wear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

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current fresh modern new

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young

ADJECTIVE

elderly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aged aging old retired

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ancient gray

WEAK

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

Antonyms

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new young youthful

WEAK

youth

ADJECTIVE

experienced

Synonyms

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accomplished capable competent mature professional qualified seasoned skillful sophisticated trained veteran wise

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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

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amateur green ignorant incapable incompetent inept inexperienced unable unskilled unskillful untalented untrained

WEAK

immature unfamiliar unknowledgeable unseasoned unsophisticated

ADJECTIVE

jaded

Synonyms

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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

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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

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ignorant incapable inept inexperienced unable unskilled untalented

ADJECTIVE

sophisticated

Synonyms

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mature practical refined worldly

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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

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inexperienced unrefined unsophisticated

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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

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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

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kind

WEAK

immaterial low otherworldly religious unrefined unsophisticated

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been around

Loyal, and not someone who briefs against colleagues to journalists or indulges in political games, he has been around the top of the Labour party for three decades.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The company had been around for six years but hadn’t demonstrated it could launch a rocket inexpensively enough to transform the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

There have been around 30 helicopter crashes in New York since 1980.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

But Arya noted that Google’s TPUs have been around for more than a decade, during which time Nvidia’s revenue from its graphics processing units has risen 700 times.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Sam has been around for five years now.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

been around

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