Synonyms for experience

Noun

1. experience, education

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

2. experience, content, cognitive content, mental object

usage: the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

3. experience, happening, occurrence, natural event

usage: an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

Verb

1. experience, undergo, see, go through, participate, take part

usage: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

2. know, experience, live, experience, undergo, see, go through

usage: 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"

3. experience, receive, have, get, undergo

usage: of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

4. feel, experience

usage: undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

5. have, experience, change

usage: undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"