NOVITIATE Antonyms

• having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

• a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

• of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

• an artist of consummate skill

• a person who has general authority over others

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• directs the work of others

• presiding officer of a school

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• key that secures entrance everywhere

• most important element

• be or become completely proficient or skilled in

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

• of or relating to or suitable as a profession

• characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

• of or relating to a profession

• a person engaged in one of the learned professions

• an athlete who plays for pay

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• engaged in by members of a profession

• meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task

• limited or restricted; not absolute

• holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

• restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')

• contingent on something else

• aged or processed

• rendered competent through trial and experience

• having or showing or requiring special skill

• shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form

• a serviceman who has seen considerable active service

• a person who has served in the armed forces

• an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

• rendered competent through trial and experience