experience

1. 1.

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

   “a man of experience”

   “experience is the best teacher”

   Antonymsinexperience

   Broadereducation

   Narrowerfamiliarizationwoodcraft
2. 2.

   the content of direct observation or participation in an event

   “he had a religious experience”

   “he recalled the experience vividly”

   Broadercontent

   Narrowerworldliferelivingreminder
3. 3.

   an event as apprehended

   “a surprising experience”

   “that painful experience certainly got our attention”

   Broaderhappening

   Narrowerappallingauguryflashgood timelossnear-death experienceordealout-of-body experiencetaste

Other forms of experience

plural

experiences·

past tense

experienced·

present participle

experiencing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about experience

What does experience mean?

experience means "undergo or live through a difficult experience". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in experience?

experience has 4 syllables: ex-per-i-ence. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ɪkˈspɪɹiəns/.

What is another word for experience?

Close synonyms include see, go through, know, live, receive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of experience?

The recorded antonyms are inexperience.

Is experience a common word?

experience is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with experience?

1 word rhymes with experience. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.