professional

Adjective
  1. Engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood (synset 301874674)
    "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 to:
  2. Of or relating to or suitable as a profession (synset 302850580)
    "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
  3. Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession (synset 301876050)
    "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"
  4. Of or relating to a profession (synset 302850390)
    "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
  5. Engaged in by members of a profession (synset 302567172)
    "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
    similar to: white-collar - of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
Noun
  1. A person engaged in one of the learned professions (synset 110499838)
    is a type of: adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
    subtypes:
    • careerist - a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity
    • craftsman - a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
    • critic - a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
    • educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people
    • caregiver, health care provider, health professional, pcp, primary care provider - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
    • attorney, lawyer - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
    • bibliothec, librarian - a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
    • practician, practitioner - someone who practices a learned profession
    • publisher - a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
    • yuppie - a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
    belongs to: professional organisation, professional organization - an organization of and for professional people
    same as: professional person
  2. An athlete who plays for pay (synset 110500168)
    is a type of: athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports
    subtypes:
    • free agent - (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
    • semipro, semiprofessional - an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis
    same as: pro
  3. An authority qualified to teach apprentices (synset 110318149)
    is a type of: authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive
    subtypes: past master - someone who was formerly a master
    same as: master

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