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veteran

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of veteran

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
  • a veteran teacher who mentors new teachers
Synonyms of veteran

accomplished, ace, adept, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), proficient, skilled, skillful, versed, virtuoso
Words Related to veteran

adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, sure-handed

gifted, talented

polished, refined

effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike

able, capable, competent, fit, fitted, qualified

educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored

all-around (also all-round), well-rounded

multiskilled, multitalented
Near Antonyms of veteran

incapable, incompetent, inept, 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, heavy-handed
Antonyms of veteran

amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful

veteran

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of veteran

a person with long experience in a specified area
  • As a veteran of overseas travel, she gave us solid advice about planning our trip.
Synonyms of veteran

doyen, old hand, old-timer, stager, vet, warhorse
Words Related to veteran

doyenne

adept, dab hand [chiefly British], expert, guru, hand, master, maven (also mavin), past master, pro, professional
Near Antonyms of veteran

apprentice, cub

boot, novitiate

amateur, dilettante

learner, student, trainee

candidate, entrant, probationer
Antonyms of veteran

beginner, colt, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, novice, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro

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