experienced

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/ UK /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/ See IPA manual

Freq #3650

Meanings

1

adj
Having a lot of knowledge or skill from doing something for a long time.

I was an experienced captain, so I had no trouble in the stormy seas.
2

verb
Simple past and past participle of experience.

The team experienced several setbacks before finishing the project.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

accomplished adepthardenedold practiced qualified seasonedversedveteran

Opposites

green inexperienced

Word family

Derived forms bioexperiencedcare-experiencedexperiencedlynonexperiencedunderexperiencedunexperienced

Related forms skilled

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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experienced teacher
a teacher who has a lot of practice and skill from years of work

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From experience + -ed.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# experienced

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/
**Frequency rank:** 3650

## Meanings
1. Having a lot of knowledge or skill from doing something for a long time.
2. Simple past and past participle of experience.

## Examples
- I was an experienced captain, so I had no trouble in the stormy seas.
- The team experienced several setbacks before finishing the project.

## Synonyms
- accomplished
- adept
- hardened
- old
- practiced
- qualified
- seasoned
- versed
- veteran

## Antonyms
- green
- inexperienced

## Derived Forms
- bioexperienced
- care-experienced
- experiencedly
- nonexperienced
- underexperienced
- unexperienced

## Related Forms
- skilled

## Etymology
From experience + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Experienced is formed from experience + -ed. In current use, the main senses are “Having a lot of knowledge or skill from doing something for a long time” and “Simple past and past participle of experience”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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