Thesaurus: professional

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
2. a. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
3. n. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
4. adj. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
5. adj. of or relating to or suitable as a profession
6. adj. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
7. adj. of or relating to a profession
8. adj. engaged in by members of a profession
9. n. a person engaged in one of the learned professions
10. n. an athlete who plays for pay
11. n. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
12. 1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional sneerer." De Quincey. 2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.