professional
Other forms: professionals
When an athlete "goes pro," she goes professional–-she is paid for her service rather than doing it on an amateur basis. Other professionals, including doctors and lawyers, are also paid for their work, which, we hope, they conduct in a professional manner.
In the 15th century, the word profession referred to vows taken upon entering a religious order. A monk or priest professed his faith. Now, the word suggests competence and expertise and even dignity––"He can't ask me to go out for coffee. I'm a vice president. That just wouldn't be professional!"
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of or relating to or suitable as a profession“professional organizations”“a professional field such as law”
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of or relating to a profession“we need professional advice”“professional training”“professional equipment for his new office”
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characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession“professional conduct”“professional ethics”“a thoroughly professional performance”antonyms:unprofessionalnot characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
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engaged in by members of a profession“professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”synonyms:white-collarof or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
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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”synonyms:professedprofessing to be qualifiedantonyms:nonprofessionalnot professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gainlaynot of or from a profession
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a person engaged in one of the learned professionssynonyms: professional persontypes:careerista professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integritycraftsmana professional whose work is consistently of high qualitycritica person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of artPCP, caregiver, health care provider, health professional, primary care providera person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disabilityattorney, lawyera professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advicebibliothec, librariana professional person trained in library science and engaged in library servicespublishera person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or musicyuppiea young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life styleadvocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleadera lawyer who pleads cases in courtambulance chaseran unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sueart critica critic of paintingsbarristera British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecutionbonesettersomeone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bonescareer girla woman who is a careeristcareer mana man who is a careeristcliniciana practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experimentsconveyancera lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying propertiesdivorce lawyera lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulmentelectrologistsomeone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair rootsGongorista practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongoraliterary critica person whose job is to analyze published creative writingmedical assistanta person trained to assist medical professionalsmusic critica critic of musical performancesnewspaper critica critic who writes a column for the newspapersnurseone skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)apothecary, chemist, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill rollera health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugshead, head teacher, principal, school principalthe educator who has executive authority for a schoolprosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutora government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the statepublic defendera lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expenserefereean attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a caseschoolmasterany person (or institution) who acts as an educatorsolicitora British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
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an authority qualified to teach apprenticessynonyms: mastertypes:past mastersomeone who was formerly a mastertype of:authorityan expert whose views are taken as definitive
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an athlete who plays for paysynonyms: proantonyms:amateuran athlete who does not play for paytypes:free agent(sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
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