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, adventure, exploit, gest (or geste), happening, timeRelated Words escapade, lark, ploy; act, action, deed, doing, feat; episode, occasion; baptism, ordeal, test, trial, tribulation; enterprise, risk, venture; expedition, exploration, mission, performance, quest, stuntNear Antonyms bore, bummer, bust, downer, drag

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one Synonyms endure, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness Related Words encounter, meet; accept, receive; assimilate, digest Phrases go through