adj. 25B6; adjective
an experienced pilot : KNOWLEDGEABLE, skilful, skilled, expert, accomplished, adept, adroit, master, consummate; proficient, trained, competent, capable, well trained, well versed; seasoned, practised, mature, veteran.
she deluded herself that she was experienced : WORLDLY (WISE), sophisticated, suave, urbane, mature, knowing; informal streetwise.
novice, naive.