nnoun.persona serviceman who has seen considerable active serviceSynset:veteran soldier
Examples:- the veterans laughed at the new recruits
Derivationally Related Form:veteran
Hypernyms:man military man military personnel serviceman
Inherited Hypernyms:veteranservicemanskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:veteranservicemanskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona person who has served in the armed forcesSynset:ex-serviceman vet
Member Holonyms:American Legion VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hypernyms:man military man military personnel serviceman
Inherited Hypernyms:veteranservicemanskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:veteranservicemanskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Legionnaire
Full Hyponyms:legionnaire
nnoun.personan experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long serviceSynset:old-timer old hand old stager oldtimer stager warhorse
Derivationally Related Form:veteran
Hypernyms:expert
Inherited Hypernyms:veteranexpertpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:veteranexpertpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adj satadj.allrendered competent through trial and experienceSynset:seasoned
Examples:- a seasoned traveler
- veteran steadiness
- a veteran officer
Antonyms:inexperienced
Derivationally Related Form:veteran
Inherited Hypernyms:seasoned
Similar to:experienced experient