Standard Lemma guide

experienced

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P IH1 R IY0 AH0 N S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having experience and skill in a subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Experient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of experience

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: experient

Antonyms: inexperienced

History

Etymology

From experience + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: təcrübəli — having experience
  • Belarusian: дасве́дчаны (dasvjédčany) — having experience
  • Belarusian: во́пытны (vópytny) — having experience
  • Belarusian: быва́лы (byvály) — having experience
  • Belarusian: віда́лы (vidály) — having experience
  • Belarusian: спаку́шаны (spakúšany) — having experience
  • Bengali: ওয়াকেফ (ōẇakeph) — having experience
  • Bulgarian: о́питен (ópiten) — having experience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有經驗的 /有经验的 (yǒu jīngyàn de) — having experience
  • Czech: zkušený — having experience
  • Dutch: ervaren — having experience
  • Esperanto: sperta — having experience
  • Estonian: kogenud — having experience
  • Finnish: kokenut — having experience
  • French: expérimenté — having experience
  • Georgian: გამოცდილი (gamocdili) — having experience
  • German: erfahren — having experience
  • German: sattelfest — having experience
  • Greek: έμπειρος (émpeiros) — having experience
  • Ancient Greek: ἔμπειρος (émpeiros) — having experience
  • Hindi: अनुभवी (anubhvī) — having experience
  • Hungarian: tapasztalt — having experience
  • Japanese: 経験豊かな (keiken yutaka na) — having experience
  • Northern Kurdish: xwedîtecrûbe — having experience
  • Northern Kurdish: bitecrûbe — having experience
  • Latin: perītus — having experience
  • Macedonian: искусен (iskusen) — having experience
  • Malay: berpengalaman — having experience
  • Māori: tautoohito — having experience
  • Persian: جهاندیده (jahândide) — having experience
  • Polish: doświadczony — having experience
  • Polish: obyty — having experience
  • Portuguese: experiente — having experience
  • Romanian: experimentat — having experience
  • Romanian: încercat — having experience
  • Russian: о́пытный (ópytnyj) — having experience
  • Russian: искушённый (iskušónnyj) — having experience
  • Russian: быва́лый (byvályj) — having experience
  • Serbo-Croatian: искусан — having experience
  • Serbo-Croatian: iskusan — having experience
  • Slovak: skúsený — having experience
  • Slovene: izkušen — having experience
  • Spanish: experimentado — having experience
  • Spanish: avezado — having experience
  • Spanish: ducho — having experience
  • Spanish: asendereado — having experience
  • Spanish: experienciado — having experience
  • Swedish: erfaren — having experience
  • Swedish: förfaren — having experience
  • Ukrainian: досві́дчений (dosvídčenyj) — having experience
  • Ukrainian: бува́лий (buvályj) — having experience
  • Ukrainian: споку́шений (spokúšenyj) — having experience
  • Zazaki: tecrubeyın — having experience
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