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PROFESSIONAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An authority qualified to teach apprentices
Synonyms:
master; professional
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("professional" is a kind of...):
authority (an expert whose views are taken as definitive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "professional"):
past master (someone who was formerly a master)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person engaged in one of the learned professions
Synonyms:
professional; professional person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("professional" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "professional"):
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)
Holonyms ("professional" is a member of...):
professional organisation; professional organization (an organization of and for professional people)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An athlete who plays for pay
Synonyms:
pro; professional
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("professional" is a kind of...):
athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "professional"):
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)
Antonym:
amateur (an athlete who does not play for pay)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
Example:
professional actors and athletes
Classified under:
Similar:
nonrecreational; paid (involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby)
professed (professing to be qualified)
Antonym:
nonprofessional (not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Example:
a thoroughly professional performance
Classified under:
Antonym:
unprofessional (not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Engaged in by members of a profession
Example:
professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
white-collar (of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or relating to a profession
Example:
professional equipment for his new office
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
profession (an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or relating to or suitable as a profession
Example:
a professional field such as law
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
profession (the body of people in a learned occupation)
Context examples:
A professional that is responsible for the direction and supervision of a division within a larger or more complex organization.
(Branch Chief, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers examined data on 32,606 male and 55,743 female health professionals who had a colonoscopy between 1986 and 2012.
(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
His professional engagements did not allow of his being put off, but both father and daughter were disturbed by its happening so.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But now all my professional instincts were aroused.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In addition to being exhibited he was a professional fighting animal.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
There isn’t a professional on the road that can handle either his tongue or his ribbons better; but his wife, Lady Letty, is his match with the one or the other.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And the next moment his eye lighted up with professional ambition.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment, or who is registered with medical professional or institution with the purpose to receive medical care when necessary.
(Patient, NCI Thesaurus)
A scientist or other professional who is an independent, non-participant in the agent development effort.
(Agent Expert, NCI Thesaurus)
The oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from more than 50 occupations of public health.
(American Public Health Association, NCI Thesaurus)
