Synonyms of experience

experience 1 of 2

noun

1

as in skills

knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something

the hospital is looking for nurses with operating-room experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skills
• expertise
• proficiency
• background
• savvy
• know-how
• chops
• acquaintance
• moxie
• familiarity
• mastery
• intimacy
• command
• conversance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inexperience
• ignorance
• unfamiliarity
• unawareness

• inexperience
• ignorance
• unfamiliarity
• unawareness

2

as in adventure

an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand

related in a book his experiences as a roving correspondent for network TV news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventure
• time
• ordeal
• happening
• exploit
• doing
• emprise
• gest
• geste
• exploration
• performance
• escapade
• test
• venture
• act
• risk
• episode
• action
• expedition
• mission
• feat
• deed
• occasion
• trial
• baptism
• quest
• enterprise
• lark
• tribulation
• ploy
• stunt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bore
• drag
• bust
• downer
• bummer

• bore
• drag
• bust
• downer
• bummer

experience

2 of 2

verb

as in to undergo

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• undergo
• have
• endure
• see
• feel
• know
• witness
• taste
• suffer
• encounter
• sustain
• go through
• receive
• pass
• meet
• accept
• assimilate
• digest