experienced Definition

experience
noun

1. Practice in an activity.
2. Knowledge or skill gained through practice.
3. Wisdom gained through long and varied observation of life.

Thesaurus: knowledge, wisdom, judgement, maturity, seasoning, sense.
4. An event which affects or involves one.

Thesaurus: occurrence, happening, episode, encounter, adventure.

verb experienced, experiencing

1. To have practical acquaintance with someone or something.
2. To feel or undergo.

Thesaurus: undergo, live through, endure, face, feel.

Derivative: experienced
adj

Having knowledge or skill gained through practice or long observation
Thesaurus: practiced, adept, skilled, accomplished, expert, qualified, professional, knowledgeable, seasoned, worldly, well-versed, sophisticated, traveled, mature, veteran.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin experientia, from experiri to try.