| Main Entry: | old hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experienced person |
Synonyms: |
expert, longtimer, old guard, old school, old soldier, old stager, old-timer, old-timer, person experienced in something, pro*, vet, veteran, warhorse |
Antonyms: |
amateur, greenhorn, rookie |
| Main Entry: | old-timer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elderly person |
Synonyms: |
fossil, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, mossback, old dog, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war-horse |
| Main Entry: | qualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skillful |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, adequate, all around, au fait, capable, catechized, certified, competent, disciplined, efficient, equipped, examined, experienced, expert, fit, fitted, good, instructed, knowledgeable, licensed, practiced, pro*, proficient, proper, proved, quizzed, talented, tested, trained, tried, up to snuff, up to speed, vet, veteran, war-horse, wicked |
Antonyms: |
incapable, unable, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, untalented |
| Main Entry: | veteran |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with much experience; particularly in war |
Synonyms: |
GI, expert, old guard, old hand, old pro, old salt, old soldier, old-timer, pro, shellback, sourdough, trouper, vet, warhorse |
Antonyms: |
rookie |
| Concept: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
Synonyms: |
-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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