What is another word for veteran?
379 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ vˈɛtəɹən], [ vˈɛtəɹən], [ v_ˈɛ_t_ə_ɹ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for veteran:- all (adjective)
- capable (adjective)
- experienced (adjective)
- old (adjective)
- qualified (adjective)
- seasoned (adjective)
- skillful (adjective)
- versed (adjective)
- veteran (adjective)
- authority (noun)
- consultant (noun)
- elder (noun)
- ex-serviceman (noun)
- inexperienced (noun)
- old-timer (noun)
- old hand (noun)
- soldier (noun)
- specialist (noun)
- veteran (noun)
- other synonyms
- military
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Veteran:
adj.
•all (adjective) •capable (adjective)- adequate,
- apt,
- intelligent,
- competent,
- masterly,
- proper,
- efficient,
- green thumb,
- knowing the ropes,
- clever,
- au fait,
- good,
- accomplished,
- dynamite,
- adapted,
- on the ball,
- talented,
- Fitted,
- suited.
- rounded,
- Familiar,
- tested,
- mature,
- having something on the ball,
- the right stuff,
- tried,
- cultivated,
- sport,
- matured,
- accustomed,
- worldly-wise,
- instructed.
- infirm,
- debilitated,
- enfeebled,
- elderly,
- constant,
- time-honored,
- Staying,
- long-lasting,
- decrepit,
- gray,
- age-old,
- tired,
- continuing,
- enduring,
- grizzled,
- firm,
- perpetual,
- olden,
- ageold,
- of long standing,
- perennial,
- broken down,
- getting on,
- past one's prime,
- lifelong,
- inveterate,
- gray-haired,
- impaired,
- solid,
- oldish,
- not young,
- over the hill,
- senile,
- exhausted,
- superannuated,
- geriatric,
- aged,
- inactive,
- along in years,
- in firm,
- vintage,
- long-lived.
n.
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- able,
- transliterate,
- gifted.
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- ability,
- professional,
- knowledge.
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- civil,
- the home front,
- ex-servicewoman,
- civvy,
- civilian,
- noncombatant,
- evacuee,
- collateral damage.
- kingpin,
- aristocrat,
- top hand,
- wizard,
- ceo,
- guru,
- executive,
- bible,
- connoisseur,
- arbiter,
- power elite,
- experts,
- top brass,
- governor,
- big wig,
- ivory dome,
- pros,
- kingfish,
- big cheese,
- virtuoso,
- city hall,
- wizards,
- boss,
- brass,
- scholar,
- kingfishes,
- judge,
- Brains,
- big shot,
- whiz,
- upstairs,
- FEDS,
- CEOS,
- egghead,
- top dog,
- textbook,
- EXEC,
- front office,
- professor,
- kingpins,
- czar.
- oldster,
- senior citizen,
- patriarch,
- oldest,
- forebearer,
- golden ager,
- ancestor,
- ancient,
- matriarch,
- senior.
Other synonyms:
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- gentlewoman,
- the intelligentsia,
- observer,
- pundit,
- brain trust,
- literati,
- cognoscenti,
- maven,
- the old boy network,
- mallam,
- kahuna,
- licentiate,
- sophisticate,
- luminary,
- generalist,
- technocrat,
- grad.
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- intellectual,
- high priestess,
- hired gun,
- buff,
- elite,
- failure,
- Ph.D.,
- class act,
- high priest.
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- practiced.
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- cosmopolitan,
- pro,
- graduate.
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- superior.
- army.
- consummate,
- adroit,
- crone,
- candidate,
- steady,
- learned,
- redcoat,
- combatant,
- knows one's stuff,
- whiz-bang,
- prepared,
- established,
- city slicker,
- trouper,
- veteran soldier,
- adept,
- old salt,
- steed,
- savvy,
- gi,
- old codger,
- inured,
- compleat,
- cosmopolite,
- crafty,
- ace,
- long time,
- retiree,
- brilliant,
- polished,
- reliable,
- old man,
- hirer,
- wise to ways,
- Exercised,
- old geezer,
- informed,
- long-standing,
- licensed,
- salt,
- past master,
- eminent,
- finished,
- mossback,
- knowledgeable,
- educated,
- sourdough,
- crack,
- older,
- Experient,
- skilled,
- graybeard,
- sophisticated,
- ripe,
- stager,
- nestor,
- veterinary surgeon,
- skilful,
- appropriate,
- not born yesterday,
- old-time,
- old duffer,
- nimble,
- Acclimatized,
- masterful,
- charger,
- prospect,
- obsolete,
- fossil,
- antediluvian,
- trained,
- knowing,
- fighter,
- worldly,
- serviceman,
- digger,
- artful,
- Grandsire,
- from way back,
- antiquated,
- sagacious,
- campaigner,
- hardened,
- grandfather,
- old chap,
- dependable,
- activist,
- quick,
- hero,
- swordsman,
- fighting man,
- stage manager,
- longtime,
- septuagenarian,
- methuselah,
- OAP,
- ripened,
- blase,
- dexterous,
- respected,
- disciplined,
- pensioner,
- Veterans,
- military man,
- presbyter,
- champion,
- conversant,
- centenarian,
- mount,
- gaffer,
- nonagenarian,
- venerable,
- shellback,
- dotard,
- military personnel,
- Acclimated,
- sage,
- pragmatic,
- official,
- weathered,
- long-serving,
- Habituated,
- fit,
- foreman,
- of the old school,
- old sea dog,
- top-notch,
- tempered,
- kicked around,
- pantaloon,
- destrier,
- tried and true,
- wrinkly,
- practised,
- toughened,
- wise,
- octogenarian,
- seer,
- veterinary,
- first-rate,
- proficient,
- Familiarized,
- ready,
- sexagenarian,
- old guard.
Paraphrases for Veteran:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
vet.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
venerable, long-established, knowledgeable.
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Noun, singular or mass
longtime, warrior, palestinian.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
seasoned, long-time, experienced, longtime.
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Noun, singular or mass
experienced.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Veteran:
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adj.
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capable
incompetent, unable, impotent, incapable, inept, unskillful, unskilled.
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experienced
unfamiliar, ignorant, immature, unsophisticated, unseasoned, unknowledgeable.
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veteran
inexperienced, amateur.
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Other antonyms:
clumsy, ham-handed, ineffective, untutored, untested, primitive, untaught, inefficient, ineffectual, jackleg, unschooled, awkward, untalented, heavy-handed, would-be, rough, green, weak, rude, raw, unpolished, beginning, untrained, untried, artless, Ungifted, new, ham-fisted, crude.
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capable
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n.
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old hand
greenhorn.
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veteran
rookie.
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old hand
Hyponym for Veteran:
n.
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person
serviceman, man, military man, military personnel.
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person