old handnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌəʊld ˈhænd/us/ˌoʊld ˈhænd/someone who is very experienced and skilled in a particular area of activity:
We should be able to trust Silva to negotiate a good deal for us - he's an old hand at the game.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- consultant
- high priest
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
- resident
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- technocrat
- virtuoso
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