n. 1 knowledge, contact, involvement, practice, familiarity, acquaintance, exposure; participation, observation Her book on nursing is based on personal experience 2 incident, event, happening, affair, episode, occurrence, circumstance, adventure, encounter; trial, test, ordeal He has lived through some harrowing experiences 3 common sense, wisdom, sagacity, knowledge, know-how, savoir faire, savoir vivre, sophistication, skill, judgement, Slang savvy She is a woman of experience
v. 4 undergo, live or go through, suffer, endure, sustain, face, encounter, meet (with), feel, sense, taste, sample, be familiar with, know Your problem is that you have never experienced genuine hunger