Synonyms: experienced, experient
Definition: having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
Similar words: full-fledged, fully fledged
Definition: (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status
Usage: a full-fledged lawyer; by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist; sees itself as a fully fledged rival party
Similar words: knowledgeable, intimate, versed
Definition: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
Usage: this girl, so intimate with nature-W.H.Hudson; knowledgeable about the technique of painting- Herbert Read
Definition: skilled through long experience
Usage: an old offender; the older soldiers
Similar words: practiced, practised
Definition: skillful after much practice
Similar words: veteran, seasoned
Definition: rendered competent through trial and experience
Usage: a seasoned traveler; veteran steadiness; a veteran officer