Synonyms for Veteran:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • veteran.
  •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.
  •experienced (adjective)
  • rounded,
  • Familiar,
  • tested,
  • mature,
  • having something on the ball,
  • the right stuff,
  • tried,
  • cultivated,
  • sport,
  • matured,
  • accustomed,
  • worldly-wise,
  • instructed.
  •old (adjective)
  • 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.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • versed,
  • been around,
  • seasoned,
  • there,
  • like a pistol,
  • knowing one's stuff,
  • practical,
  • capable,
  • battle-scarred,
  • worldly wise,
  • skillful,
  • well-versed,
  • vet,
  • qualified,
  • been there,
  • having the goods,
  • like a one-man band,
  • having know-how,
  • VETER,
  • experienced,
  • fireball,
  • having the right stuff,
  • knowing the score,
  • up to snuff,
  • up to speed,
  • up on,
  • has what it takes,
  • old,
  • up to it,
  • in the know,
  • broken in.
  •qualified (adjective)
  • all around.
  •seasoned (adjective)
  • most toughened,
  • more battle-scarred,
  • more toughened,
  • most battlescarred,
  • most battle scarred,
  • battlescarred,
  • pre pared,
  • most battle-scarred,
  • more battle scarred,
  • more weathered,
  • most weathered,
  • more battlescarred,
  • battle scarred,
  • pre-pared.
  •skillful (adjective)
  • tuned in,
  • wised up,
  • a hand at,
  • really into.
  •versed (adjective)
  • most abreast,
  • well informed,
  • well-informed,
  • wellinformed,
  • more abreast.
  •veteran (adjective)
  • expert,
  • long-time,
  • patriarchal.

• n.

  •
  • able,
  • transliterate,
  • gifted.
  •
  • ability,
  • professional,
  • knowledge.
  •
  • civil,
  • the home front,
  • ex-servicewoman,
  • civvy,
  • civilian,
  • noncombatant,
  • evacuee,
  • collateral damage.
  •authority (noun)
  • 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.
  •consultant (noun)
  • guide,
  • master,
  • advisor,
  • mentor,
  • counsel.
  •elder (noun)
  • oldster,
  • senior citizen,
  • patriarch,
  • oldest,
  • forebearer,
  • golden ager,
  • ancestor,
  • ancient,
  • matriarch,
  • senior.
  •ex-serviceman (noun)
  • ex-serviceman.
  •inexperienced (noun)
  • young.
  •old-timer (noun)
  • old timer,
  • goldenager,
  • goldenagers,
  • war-horses,
  • war horses,
  • old dogs.
  •old hand (noun)
  • old school.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • adepts,
  • consultant,
  • warhorse,
  • attending physician,
  • oldtimer,
  • commandos,
  • paratrooper,
  • commando,
  • Marines,
  • servicepeople,
  • GIS,
  • trooper,
  • ancients,
  • musketeer,
  • golden-agers,
  • draftees,
  • draftee,
  • longtimer,
  • military person,
  • musketeers,
  • war horse,
  • Specialists,
  • old-timer,
  • warhorses,
  • geezer,
  • Freelancers,
  • old stager,
  • serviceperson,
  • commandoes,
  • selectees,
  • gramps,
  • Mercenaries,
  • geezers,
  • golden-ager,
  • selectee,
  • soldier-at-arms,
  • old soldiers,
  • old pro,
  • freelancer,
  • war-horse,
  • infantryperson,
  • old soldier,
  • authority,
  • old hand,
  • person experienced in something,
  • fossils,
  • elder,
  • technician,
  • enlisted person,
  • warrior,
  • VETS,
  • troopers,
  • cavalryperson,
  • paratroopers,
  • old dog,
  • technicians,
  • old fogey,
  • soldier,
  • specialist.
  •soldier (noun)
  • military persons,
  • para-troopers,
  • soldier at arms,
  • military people,
  • para trooper,
  • soldier-at-arm,
  • para-trooper,
  • enlisted people,
  • infantrypeople,
  • airforce member,
  • cavalrypeople,
  • airforce members,
  • enlisted persons,
  • infantrypersons,
  • soldier at arm,
  • servicepersons,
  • cavalrypersons,
  • para troopers.
  •specialist (noun)
  • old pros,
  • attending physicians.
  •veteran (noun)
  • gray-beard.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gentlewoman,
  • the intelligentsia,
  • observer,
  • pundit,
  • brain trust,
  • literati,
  • cognoscenti,
  • maven,
  • the old boy network,
  • mallam,
  • kahuna,
  • licentiate,
  • sophisticate,
  • luminary,
  • generalist,
  • technocrat,
  • grad.
  •
  • intellectual,
  • high priestess,
  • hired gun,
  • buff,
  • elite,
  • failure,
  • Ph.D.,
  • class act,
  • high priest.
  •
  • practiced.
  •
  • cosmopolitan,
  • pro,
  • graduate.
  •
  • superior.
  •military
  • army.
  •Other relevant words:
  • national defense.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vet.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    knowledgeable, venerable, long-established.
  • Proper noun, singular
    warriors, timers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    longtime, palestinian, warrior.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    experienced, longtime, seasoned, long-time.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    experienced.

Antonyms for Veteran:

• adj.

  • capable
    incompetent, unable, impotent, incapable, inept, unskillful, unskilled.
  • experienced
    unfamiliar, ignorant, immature, unsophisticated, unseasoned, unknowledgeable.
  • old
    fresh, contemporary, current, youthful, young, modern.
  • veteran
    inexperienced, amateur.
  • 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.

• n.

  • elder
    youth, junior, minor, youngster.
  • old hand
    greenhorn.
  • veteran
    rookie.

Hyponym for Veteran:

• n.

  • person
    serviceman, man, military man, military personnel.