familiarisation, familiarization - the experience of becoming familiar with something

woodcraft - skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)

education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

reality, world - all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"

living, life - the experience of living; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

re-experiencing, reliving - a recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic"

reminder - an experience that causes you to remember something

high point - the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert"

happening, natural event, occurrence - an event that happens

appalling - an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"

augury, foretoken, preindication, sign - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"

flashing, flash - a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"

good time, blast - a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"

loss - the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"

near-death experience - the experience of being close to death but surviving

ordeal - a severe or trying experience

out-of-body experience - the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body

taste - a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"

time - a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"

head trip, trip - an exciting or stimulting experience

vision - a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"

experience, know, live - have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"

suffer, endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

suffer, meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

feel - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"

enjoy - have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"

witness, see, find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

come - experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"

participate, take part - share in something

taste - experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"

live over, relive - experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war"

experience, go through, undergo, see - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

respire - undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide

labor, labour - undergo the efforts of childbirth

suffer, sustain, have, get - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

take - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"

horripilate - have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

recapture - experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"

pride, plume, congratulate - be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"

smoulder, smolder - have strong suppressed feelings

harbor, nurse, entertain, harbour, hold - maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

cool off - feel less enamoured of something or somebody

see red, anger - become angry; "He angers easily"

chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"

suffer - endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

fume - be mad, angry, or furious

regret, rue, repent - feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

sadden - come to feel sad

joy, rejoice - feel happiness or joy

sympathise, sympathize - share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of

pride oneself, take pride - feel pride of; "She took great pride in her sons"

burn - feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"

die - feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"

fly high - be elated; "He was flying high during the summer months"

glow, radiate, beam, shine - experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"

glow - be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts glow"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

encounter, receive, meet - experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"