| Main Entry: | not born yesterday |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced |
Synonyms: |
battle-scarred, been around, canny, cunning, on the ball, savvy, seasoned, trained, unbelieving, wise, worldly |
| Main Entry: | seasoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, battle-scarred, been around, been there, competent, expert, familiar, hardened, instructed, knowledgeable, matured, old hand, practiced, prepared, pro, professional, qualified, skillful, tested, toughened, trained, tried, vet, veteran, weathered, wise, worldly, worldly wise |
| Main Entry: | veteran |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, seasoned |
Synonyms: |
adept, battle-scarred, been around, disciplined, exercised, expert, from way back, hardened, inured, knows one's stuff, long-serving, long-time, not born yesterday, of the old school, old, old-time, practical, practiced, pro*, proficient, skilled, sophisticated, steady, trained, up to speed, versed, vet, weathered, wise, wise to ways, worldly |
Antonyms: |
amateur, green, inexperienced |
| Concept: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
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-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
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Antonyms: |
infant |
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