experience

Nouns

  • (n) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
    • a man of experience
    • experience is the best teacher
  • (n) the content of direct observation or participation in an event
    • he had a religious experience
    • he recalled the experience vividly
  • (n) an event as apprehended
    • a surprising experience
    • that painful experience certainly got our attention

Verbs

  • (v) go or live through
    • We had many trials to go through
    • he saw action in Viet Nam
    go through, see,
  • (v) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
    • I know the feeling!
    • have you ever known hunger?
    • I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
    • The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
    • I lived through two divorces
    know, live,
  • (v) go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
    • get an idea
    • experience vertigo
    • get nauseous
    • receive injuries
    • have a feeling
    have, receive, get,
  • (v) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
    • She felt resentful
    • He felt regret
    feel,
  • (v) undergo
    • The stocks had a fast run-up
    have,

Synonyms

go through see know live have receive get feel

Antonyms

inexperience rawness

See also

compassionate condole with feel for pity sympathize with

Words of close approximity

experient
experienced