noun
- A person engaged in one of the learned professions.
- synonyms: professional person
- An athlete who plays for pay.
- synonyms: pro
- An authority qualified to teach apprentices.
- synonyms: master
adjective
- Engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood.
- usage: "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"
- Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
- usage: "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
- Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession.
- usage: "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"
- Of or relating to a profession.
- usage: "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
- Engaged in by members of a profession.
- usage: "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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