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English adjective: professional | |||
| 1. | professional engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | nonrecreational, paid, professed | ||
| Antonyms | nonprofessional | ||
| 2. | professional of or relating to or suitable as a profession | ||
| Samples | Professional organizations. A professional field such as law. | ||
| 3. | professional characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | ||
| Samples | Professional conduct. Professional ethics. A thoroughly professional performance. | ||
| Antonyms | unprofessional | ||
| 4. | professional of or relating to a profession | ||
| Samples | We need professional advice. Professional training. Professional equipment for his new office. | ||
| 5. | professional engaged in by members of a profession | ||
| Samples | Professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching. | ||
| Similar | white-collar | ||
| Antonyms | blue-collar | ||
English noun: professional | |||
| 1. | professional (person) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | ||
| Synonyms | professional person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | attorney, bibliothec, careerist, caregiver, craftsman, critic, educator, health care provider, health professional, lawyer, librarian, PCP, pedagog, pedagogue, practician, practitioner, primary care provider, publisher, yuppie | ||
| Member meronym | professional organisation, professional organization | ||
| 2. | professional (person) an athlete who plays for pay | ||
| Synonyms | pro | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | athlete, jock | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | free agent, semipro, semiprofessional | ||
| Antonyms | amateur | ||
| 3. | professional (person) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | ||
| Synonyms | master | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | authority | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | past master | ||
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