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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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This story is part of Image’s April’s Thresholds issue, a tour of L.A. architecture as it’s actually experienced.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Almost a year ago Crystal Palace fans experienced a day they will have felt could never be topped.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The chocolate industry is still reeling from wild swings in cocoa markets, after futures spiked to record highs in 2024 amid a supply squeeze and then experienced a major pullback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Rowan, keeping close behind Marlie and listening for Strong Jonn's firm step behind him, thought that he had never experienced so silent a place.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda