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Experience definition

Experience is a verb meaning "undergo or live through a difficult experience." It has 8 meanings, as a verb and a noun, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
verb, noun
Syllables
4
Letters
10
How common
Everyday word

Experience as a verb

  1. undergo or live through a difficult experience

    Same sense: see, go through

  2. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

    Same sense: know, live

  3. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

    "experience vertigo"

    Same sense: have, get, receive

  4. undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

    Same sense: feel

  5. undergo

    Same sense: have

Experience as a noun

  1. the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

    "a man of experience"

  2. the content of direct observation or participation in an event

    "he had a religious experience"

  3. an event as apprehended

    "a surprising experience"

Synonyms and antonyms

Opposite: inexperience.

All synonyms of experience, sense by sense

How to say experience

Experience has 4 syllables and rhymes with inexperience. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with experience

EXPERIENCE in word games

Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
24
Anagrams
0

Is EXPERIENCE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check EXPERIENCE in the word checker, or unscramble EXPERIENCE to see the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.