experience

Noun

• an event as apprehended
  • a surprising experience
    
  • that painful experience certainly got our attention
    

• the content of direct observation or participation in an event
  • he had a religious experience
    
  • he recalled the experience vividly
    

• the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
  • a man of experience
    
  • experience is the best teacher
    

Verb

• undergo
  • The stocks had a fast run-up
    

• undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
  • She felt resentful
    
  • He felt regret
    

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • get an idea
    
  • experience vertigo
    
  • get nauseous
    
  • receive injuries
    
  • have a feeling
    

• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
  • I know the feeling!
    
  • have you ever known hunger?
    
  • I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
    
  • The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
    
  • I lived through two divorces
    

• go or live through
  • We had many trials to go through
    
  • he saw action in Viet Nam
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  have , feel , receive , get , know , live , see , go through
• Antonyms: 
  inexperience , rawness