Entry Word: experience

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something <the hospital is looking for nurses with operating-room experience>

Synonyms expertise, know-how, proficiency, savvy, skills

Related Words background; command, mastery; acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy

Near Antonyms ignorance, unawareness, unfamiliarity

Antonyms inexperience

2 an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand <related in a book his experiences as a roving correspondent for network TV news> — see adventure