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Experience

/ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪəns/

The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

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📖 Definitions of "Experience"

noun

1
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
"It was an experience he would not soon forget."
2
An activity one has performed.
3
A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
4
The knowledge thus gathered.

verb

1
To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

🔄 Synonyms of "Experience"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
feelverb	(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
undergoverb	(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
knowverb	(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
receiveverb	(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
go throughverb	(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).

↔️ Antonyms of "Experience"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
inexperiencenoun	A lack of experience.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Experience"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
knownoun	Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)
receivenoun	(telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.
havenoun	(idiomatic, usually contrastive) A wealthy or privileged person.
feelnoun	(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
getnoun	(dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.
undergoverb	(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
go throughverb	(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
experiential	Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.
empiricalnoun	A measurement or result achieved by empirical means.
knowledgenoun	The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
learnednoun	A surname.
knowledgeablenoun	(India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.
examplenoun	Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
know-hownoun	The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
seasoned	Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings
learningnoun	(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
perceiveverb	(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
realitynoun	The state of being actual or real; realness.
skillnoun	A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.