experienced

ex·pe·ri·enced

adj \-ən(t)st\

Definition of EXPERIENCED

: made skillful or wise through experience : practiced <an experienced driver>

Examples of EXPERIENCED

1. The job calls for someone who is more experienced.
2. <for this delicate eye operation, seek out an experienced eye surgeon>

First Known Use of EXPERIENCED

1567

Related to EXPERIENCED

Synonyms: accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, proficient, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), professed, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso

Antonyms: amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful

Related Words: adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed; gifted, talented; polished, refined; effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike; able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored; all-around (also all-round), well-rounded; long-term, old; multiskilled, multitalented

Near Antonyms: incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak; artless, crude, rude; ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient; talentless, ungifted, untalented; ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored; beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be; primitive, rough, unpolished; awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed

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