a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; |
2. | Engaged in by professionals; | |
n. | 1. | A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: professional person |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: pro Antonyms: amateur - does not play for pay | |
3. | professional - an authority qualified to teach apprentices Synonyms: master | |
Adj. | 1. | professional - engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes" Antonyms: nonprofessional - not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors" |
2. | professional - of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law" | |
3. | professional - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" Antonyms: unprofessional - not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it"; "was censured for unprofessional conduct"; "unprofessional repairs" | |
4. | professional - of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office" | |
5. | professional - engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching" |