Synonyms of vets

vets

noun

plural of vet

as in veterans

a person with long experience in a specified area

he's a hardened vet of many political campaigns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• veterans
• warhorses
• old hands
• old-timers
• stagers
• professionals
• experts
• doyens
• masters
• pros
• past masters
• hands
• adepts
• gurus
• doyennes
• mavens
• dab hands

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• newcomers
• recruits
• freshmen
• rookies
• beginners
• novices
• colts
• neophytes
• apprentices
• fledglings
• boots
• students
• newbies
• cubs
• greenhorns
• trainees
• tyros
• amateurs
• candidates
• tenderfeet
• learners
• entrants
• novitiates
• probationers
• dilettantes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vets

What that meant is that vets who qualified for spots would be mostly turned away. — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026

Syracuse University D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families found that vets turned out in relatively higher numbers than civilians in every election since 2014, a difference especially pronounced in midterm elections. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026

Starting with the Gulf War and the conflicts that have followed, the program has added a new group of vets in the last three decades. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2026

To all my fellow vets out there, thanks for laying it on the line. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Scene vets Dave Aju, Heidi Lawden and Masha Mar are the ones to do it. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026