experienced
Not a novice
Experienced describes someone who has gained knowledge or skill through practice and exposure over time.
An experienced surgeon has performed many operations; an experienced traveler knows how to navigate airports and foreign cities.
The word implies competence earned through doing, not just studying.
It can also describe events that have been felt or undergone: the worst pain I've ever experienced.
Having practiced ability
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
- capableHaving required skills
- accomplishedHighly skilled, expert
qualified · trained · knowledgeable · practiced · masterful · talented · dexterous · skillful
Flavored or battle-tested
- battle-hardenedToughened by combat experience
- grizzledStreaked with gray
- old-timerLong-tenured person
- weatheredEroded by exposure
time-tested · war-torn · decorated · survivor · campaigner · hardened · service · retired
Flavored or battle-tested
- agedAdvanced in years
- developedGrew or advanced
- evolvedChanged through successive generations
- refinedPurified or cultured
ripened · mellowed · cultivated · deepened · enriched · grown · tempered · wisdom
Past participle of experience
- livedExisted or dwelt
- enduredBore without yielding
- sufferedUnderwent pain or hardship
- witnessedSaw firsthand
encountered · faced · known · tasted · sensed · perceived · felt · survived
Went on a journey
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
- worldly-wiseExperienced in practical matters
well-traveled · street-smart · urbane · knowing · savvy · broad-minded · enlightened · perceptive
proficient
Having practiced ability
accomplished · qualified · trained · knowledgeable · practiced · masterful · talented · dexterous · skillful · savvy
seasoned
Flavored or battle-tested
- battle-hardenedToughened by combat experience
- grizzledStreaked with gray
- old-timerLong-tenured person
weathered · time-tested · war-torn · decorated · survivor · campaigner · hardened · service · retired · trooper
seasoned
Flavored or battle-tested
refined · ripened · mellowed · cultivated · deepened · enriched · grown · tempered · wisdom · sagacious
undergone
Past participle of experience
witnessed · encountered · faced · known · tasted · sensed · perceived · felt · survived · weathered
traveled
Went on a journey
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
worldly-wise · well-traveled · street-smart · urbane · knowing · savvy · broad-minded · enlightened · perceptive · shrewd
- hobbyist levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, advanced, expert
- intelligencesmart, IQ, memory, bright, clever
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- skilled traitsexpert, skilled, adept, proficient, masterful
- work adjectivesfull-time, part-time, freelance, permanent, temporary
- enduredsurvived, endured, weathered, withstood, tolerated
experiencedinexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
novice · beginner · green · raw · unseasoned
experiencednaive
Innocently unsuspecting
innocent · unsophisticated · unworldly · ignorant · green
experiencedamateur
Nonprofessional participant
unprofessional · amateurish · unqualified · inexpert · unskillful
- lived experienceKnowledge from personal participation
- work experienceRecord of past jobs
- life experienceAccumulated personal history
- learning experienceEvent yielding new understanding
- immersive experiencesActivities that fully engage
- shared experienceEvent undergone by multiple people