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experienced

  • /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/ US
  • /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/ UK

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From experience + -ed.

adjective more experienced · most experienced

  1. Having experience and skill in a subject. The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
  2. Experient.

Similar: practiced, seasoned, versed, hard-bitten, qualified, veteran, accomplished, adept, old, hardened, knowing the ropes · Opposite: inexperienced, green

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of experience

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: seasoned, practiced, knowledgeable, practised, initiate, intimate, old, veteran, older, fully fledged, full-fledged, initiated, intimate with, expertise, expert, proficient

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adj having experience

Españolexperimentado, avezado, ducho, asendereado, experienciado
日本語経験豊かな keiken yutaka na
中文有經驗的 /有经验的 yǒu jīngyàn de
हिन्दीअनुभवी anubhvī
Portuguêsexperiente
Françaisexpérimenté
Deutscherfahren, sattelfest
Ελληνικάέμπειρος émpeiros
Românăexperimentat, încercat
Русскийо́пытный ópytnyj, искушённый iskušónnyj, быва́лый byvályj

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@misc{experienced_2026,
  title = {experienced},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/experienced},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}