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professional

/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ə.nəl/noun, adjective4 syllables

Professional means: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood.

Synonyms for professional7

noun, as in a person engaged in one of the learned professions

professional person

noun, as in an athlete who plays for pay

pro

noun, as in an authority qualified to teach apprentices

master

adjective, as in engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

nonrecreational, paid, professed

adjective, as in engaged in by members of a profession

white-collar

Opposites of professional

nonprofessional, amateur, unprofessional

What does professional mean?8

adjective

1

engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood“the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications”

2

engaged in by members of a profession“professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”

3

of or relating to or suitable as a profession“professional organizations”

4

characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession“professional conduct”

5

of or relating to a profession“we need professional advice”

noun

1

a person engaged in one of the learned professions

2

an athlete who plays for pay

3

an authority qualified to teach apprentices

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with professional?3

four syllables

congressionalconfessional

five syllables

unprofessional
Show 40 near rhymes
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Professional in a sentence

  • In professional soccer matches, there are only three substitutions allowed per game.orcrist
  • You play the guitar quite like a professional, don't you?Zifre
  • I know that in professional life, personal feelings should be put aside.vijaysharma
  • I'm a responsible, hardworking, and, above all, professional person.cairnhead
  • If the symptoms get worse, you'll have to consult a medical professional.shekitten
  • Because of his great professional skill, the lawyer has a large number of clients.CM
  • Chigurh, a professional assassin, operates with a sense of calculated detachment.Amastan
  • He would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.MildSenseOfDoom

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of professional

as a noun

plural
professionals