experienced

ex·pe·ri·enced

adjective \-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