experienced
adjUS /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/ · UK /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/
Etymology From experience + -ed.
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.1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
2
Experient.
- Synonyms
- practiced, seasoned, versed, qualified, veteran, accomplished, adept, old, hardened, knowing the ropes
- Antonyms
- inexperienced, green
- Derived terms
- bioexperienced, care-experienced, experiencedly, nonexperienced, underexperienced, unexperienced
- Related terms
- skilled