Synonyms for Professional
prəˈfɛʃ ə nlpro·fes·sion·al

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1. professional, professional personnoun

   a person engaged in one of the learned professions

   Synonyms:
   professional person, master, pro, professional

   Antonyms:
   amateur, unpaid, amateurish, recreational, lay, blue-collar, inexpert, unskilled, unprofessional, nonprofessional

2. professional, pronoun

   an athlete who plays for pay

   Synonyms:
   professional person, master, pro, professional

   Antonyms:
   amateur, nonprofessional, unpaid, blue-collar, unprofessional, unskilled, amateurish, recreational, lay, inexpert

3. master, professionaladjective

   an authority qualified to teach apprentices

   Synonyms:
   professional, master key, master copy, schoolmaster, original, passkey, maestro, superior, victor, master, overlord, passe-partout, sea captain, headmaster, captain, professional person, lord, pro, skipper

   Antonyms:
   amateur, nonprofessional, amateurish, recreational, lay, unpaid, unprofessional, blue-collar, inexpert, unskilled

4. professionaladjective

   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:
   amateur, unskilled, unpaid, blue-collar, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional, recreational, nonprofessional, lay

5. professionaladjective

   of or relating to or suitable as a profession

   "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"

   Antonyms:
   amateur, unpaid, inexpert, lay, unskilled, unprofessional, recreational, blue-collar, amateurish, nonprofessional

6. professionaladjective

   characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

   "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"

   Antonyms:
   amateur, recreational, lay, blue-collar, unskilled, unprofessional, amateurish, nonprofessional, unpaid, inexpert

7. professionaladjective

   of or relating to a profession

   "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"

   Antonyms:
   amateur, nonprofessional, amateurish, unpaid, unskilled, unprofessional, lay, inexpert, recreational, blue-collar

8. professionaladjective

   engaged in by members of a profession

   "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"

   Antonyms:
   amateur, unpaid, blue-collar, recreational, amateurish, inexpert, unprofessional, lay, nonprofessional, unskilled

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1. List of paraphrases for "professional":

   vocational, professionals, occupational, career, profession, professionalism, professionnel, professionnelle, professions, practitioners, professionnels, profesional, professionally, specialized, professionnelles, work-related, administrators, specialist, practitioner, professional-level, profissional, pro, job, administrator, job-related, work, majors, professionel, expert, business, technical

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1. Jennifer Rollin:

   However, it’s important to note that both disordered eating and eating disorders are serious and deserve treatment and professional help.

2. Meghan McCain:

   On a professional note, this show is one of the hands-down greatest most exhilarating most wonderful privileges of my entire life.

3. Kim Cattrall:

   We’ve never been friends, we’ve been colleagues and in some ways, it’s a very healthy place to be because then you have a clear line between your professional life and relationship and your persona.

4. Clive Standen:

   I come from a Muay Thai background, i used to be a professional boxer before I was an actor.

5. Monther Howarat:

   This gathering today, and this strike that includes most of the professional unions, is to assert our demands and place pressure to achieve them.