| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flavor food |
Synonyms: |
color, enliven, lace, leaven, pep, pepper, salt, spice |
Antonyms: |
cook plain |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acclimatize, prepare |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accustom, anneal, climatize, discipline, fit, habituate, harden, inure, mature, qualify, school, steel, temper, toughen, train |
| 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: | acclimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become adjusted, adapted |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen |
| Main Entry: | accustom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get used to |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, acculturate, acquaint, adapt, familiarize, habituate, season |
| Main Entry: | accustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | be or become prepared, used to |
Synonyms: |
acclimatized, acquainted, adapted, addicted, confirmed, disciplined, familiar, familiarized, given to, grooved, habituated, habituated in, in the habit, inured, seasoned, settled in, trained |
Antonyms: |
unaccustomed |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moisten during cooking |
Synonyms: |
brush with liquid, drip, grease, lard, season |
| Main Entry: | confirmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habitual; rooted |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, proved, seasoned, settled, staid, valid, worn |
Antonyms: |
indefinite, infrequent, sporadic, uncommitted, unconfirmed, undecided |
| Main Entry: | experienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, knowing |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise |
Antonyms: |
green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | familiarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about |
Synonyms: |
accustom, adapt, adjust, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, break the ice, bring into use, case*, check out, coach, come to know, condition, enlighten, gain friendship, get in, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get together, get with it, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, let down hair, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, put on to, school, season, tip off, train, use, wont |