'Experienced' definitions:
Definition of 'experienced'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation [syn: experienced, experient] [ant: inexperienced, inexperient]
Definition of 'Experienced'
From: GCIDE
- Experience \Ex*pe"ri*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experienced ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*enst); p. pr. & vb. n. Experiencing ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*en*s[i^]ng).]
- 1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views. [1913 Webster]
- The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. --Thirwall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise; to train by practice. [1913 Webster]
- The youthful sailors thus with early care Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. --Harte. [1913 Webster]
- To experience religion (Theol.), to become a convert to the doctrines of Christianity; to yield to the power of religious truth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'experienced'
From: GCIDE
- experienced \ex*pe"ri*enced\ ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*enst), p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. [1913 Webster]
- The ablest and most experienced statesmen. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'experienced'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimated,
- acclimatized,
- accommodated,
- accomplished,
- accustomed,
- adapted,
- adept,
- adjusted,
- au fait,
- blase,
- capable,
- case-hardened,
- competent,
- conditioned,
- cosmopolitan,
- cosmopolite,
- efficient,
- expert,
- familiarized,
- hardened,
- in the know,
- inured,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- master,
- masterly,
- mature,
- matured,
- naturalized,
- not born yesterday,
- old,
- old-line,
- old-time,
- on the ball,
- orientated,
- oriented,
- practical,
- practiced,
- prepared,
- professional,
- proficient,
- qualified,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- run-in,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- savvy,
- seasoned,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- sophisticated,
- trained,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- used to,
- versed,
- vet,
- veteran,
- well-informed,
- well-versed,
- wise,
- wont,
- wonted,
- world-wise,
- worldly,
- worldly-wise