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
undergo or live through a difficult experience
Same sense: see, go through
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
"experience vertigo"
Same sense: have, get, receive
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
Same sense: feel
undergo
Same sense: have
Experience as a noun
the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
"a man of experience"
the content of direct observation or participation in an event
"he had a religious experience"
an event as apprehended
"a surprising experience"
Synonyms and antonyms
- see definition
- go through
- know definition
- live definition
- have
- get definition
- receive
- feel definition
Opposite: inexperience.
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
- inexperience
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.