experience

experience

noun

Definition of EXPERIENCE

1

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

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

Related Words background; command, mastery; acquaintance, conversance, 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>

Synonyms emprise, experience, exploit, gest (or geste), happening, time

Related Words escapade, lark, ploy; act, action, deed, doing, feat; episode, occasion; baptism, ordeal, test, trial, tribulation; enterprise, risk, venture; expedition, exploration, mission, performance, quest, stunt

Near Antonyms bore, bummer, bust, downer, drag