- experience
- n1. affair, episode, ordeal, event, incident, occurrence, happening; encounter, transaction, adventure, Sl. trip; circumstance, case.2. involvement, encountering, meeting, facing; exposure, observing, observation, perceiving, perception, impression; trials, vicissitudes, ups and downs.3. life, existence, background, lifework; U.S. Inf. school of hard knocks.4. wisdom, common sense; sophistication, enlightenment, knowledge, learning, cognizance, ken; know-how, savoir-faire.v5. encounter, meet, face; observe, perceive, apprehend; taste, sample, test, try; sense, feel; undergo, go through, get [s.t.] under one's belt; live through, endure, suffer through.6. understand, learn about, become knowledgeable about, become familiar with, find out about; realize, discover, become enlightened, appreciate; know, cognize, Chiefly Scot. ken; assimilate, absorb, take in.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.