- 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, amateur, recreational, unpaid, lay
- professional - of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
- professional - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"
Antonyms: unprofessional, amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled
- professional - of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
- professional - engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
Antonym: blue-collar (indirect, via white-collar)
- professional - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"
- professional, professional person - a person engaged in one of the learned professions
--1 is a kind of adult, grownup
--1 is a member of professional organization, professional organisation
--1 has particulars:careerist; craftsman; critic; educator, pedagogue; health professional, health care provider, caregiver; lawyer, attorney; librarian, bibliothec; practitioner, practician; publisher; yuppie - professional, pro - an athlete who plays for pay
--2 is a kind of athlete, jock
Antonyms: amateur
--2 has particulars: free agent; semiprofessional, semipro - master, professional - an authority qualified to teach apprentices
--3 is a kind of authority
--3 has particulars: past master