EXPERIENTIAL Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

experiential

adjective

ik-ˌspir-ē-ˈen(t)-shəl

Definition of experiential

as in empirical

based on observation or experience possesses the kind of experiential knowledge that is gained only from a long and eventful life

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Recent Examples of experiential Dick’s opened its first House of Sport experiential doors in 2021. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026 The Class of 2030 also makes history as the first incoming class to experience Dreamscape Learn, an immersive virtual reality learning platform that brings innovative, experiential learning into the classroom. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 For loyalty programs, the lesson is that experiential benefits can create more attachment than points alone. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The workers are in the district’s landscape maintenance, conservation and experiential programming, fleet and facilities departments — clearing roads, mowing lawns, cleaning buildings, maintaining trails and emptying trash cans. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for experiential

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But, Stemler said, there isn’t much empirical data to show how pervasive this practice is, mostly just anecdotes.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Allowing subjective confidence to silently acquire the epistemological status of empirical verification is neither verification nor evidence.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of empirical

Adjective

Her peerless ability to weave a story with keen observational skills and a guitar.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
While the study doesn’t prove that earlier menopause causes these brain changes, the observational findings add to existing evidence that the timing of menopause may be one factor that helps shape brain health later in life.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of observational

Adjective

Drift and Fiscal Waste When governance lacks objective metrics and community centering, the real-world consequences are severe.

— Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
This is where fantasy sports becomes more art than science, so let’s focus on the objective goals of weekly lineup construction first.

— Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of objective

Adjective

But in 2018 Trump signed the Right to Try Act, which allows terminally ill patients to access certain experimental drugs and immunotherapy treatments that have not received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Hubble and Webb both have coronagraphs, but Roman’s experimental instrument is 100 to 1,000 times better than any built before, said Bertrand Mennesson, Roman deputy project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

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