Definition for Veteran:

• Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.

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.
  •qualified (adjective)
  • all around,
  • disciplined.
  •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)
  • sophisticated,
  • old-time,
  • proficient,
  • knows one's stuff,
  • wise,
  • trained,
  • long-serving,
  • long-time,
  • not born yesterday,
  • patriarchal,
  • expert,
  • adept,
  • worldly,
  • of the old school,
  • from way back,
  • wise to ways.

• 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.
  •person (noun)
  • veteran soldier.
  •seasoned (noun)
  • skilled,
  • hardened,
  • inured,
  • Exercised,
  • weathered,
  • steady.
  •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.
  •stager (noun)
  • stager.
  •veteran (noun)
  • old salt,
  • trouper,
  • gi,
  • old guard,
  • sourdough,
  • shellback,
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Veteran:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vet.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    seasoned, long-time, experienced, longtime.
  • 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.

Veteran Sentence Examples:

• It wasn't enough out of the ordinary to cause more than a second, almost unconscious glance, on the part of the veteran officer.

• I have been informed, said the veteran, that Count Maurice of Nassau wishes to fight me.

Hyponym for Veteran:

• n.

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