professional

pro·fes·sion·al  (pr-fsh-nl)

adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people.

b. Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior.

2. Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professional writer.

3. Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.

4. Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.

n.

1. A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.

2. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.

3. A skilled practitioner; an expert.

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pro·fession·al·ly adv.

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professional

Adjective

1. of a profession

2. taking part in an activity, such as sport or music, as a means of livelihood

3. displaying a high level of competence or skill: a professional and polished performance

4. undertaken or performed by people who are paid: professional golf

Noun

a professional person

professionalism n
professionally adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	professional - a person engaged in one of the learned professions professional person professional organisation, professional organization - an organization of and for professional people adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward 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; "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman" 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
	2.	professional - an athlete who plays for pay         pro athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports 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 amateur - an athlete who does not play for pay
	3.	professional - an authority qualified to teach apprentices master authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law" past master - someone who was formerly a master
Adj.	1.	professional - 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" nonprofessional - not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"
	2.	professional - of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
	3.	professional - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" unprofessional - not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it"; "was censured for unprofessional conduct"; "unprofessional repairs"
	4.	professional - of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
	5.	professional - engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching" white-collar - of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"

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professional

adjective 1. qualified, trained, skilled, white-collar

adjective 2. expert, experienced, finished, skilled, masterly, efficient, crack (slang) polished, practised, ace (informal) accomplished, slick, competent, adept, proficient << OPPOSITE amateurish

noun 3. expert, authority, master, pro (informal) specialist, guru, buff (informal) wizard, adept, whizz (informal) maestro, virtuoso, hotshot (informal) past master, dab hand Brit. (informal) wonk (informal) maven U.S. fundi S. African

Translations

professional [prəˈfɛʃnl] n → profesional m/f

adj → profesional; [by profession] → de profesión;

to take professional advice → buscar un consejo profesional

professional [prəˈfɛʃənl] profession n → professionnel(le)

adj → professionnel(le); [work] → de professionnel;

he's a professional man → il exerce une profession libérale;

to take professional advice → consulter un spécialiste

professional [prəˈfɛʃənl] profession adj [organization, musician etc] → Berufs-; [misconduct, advice] → beruflich;

(skilful) → professionell

n (doctor, lawyer, teacher etc) → Fachmann m, Fachfrau f;

(Sport) → Profi m;

(skilled person) → Experte m, Expertin f;

to seek professional advice profession → fachmännischen Rat einholen

professional [prəˈfɛʃənl] n (SPORT) → professionista m/f

adj → professionale; [work] → da professionista;

he's a professional man → è un professionista;

to take professional advice → consultare un esperto