1. (noun) professional, professional person
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. (noun) professional, pro
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. (adj) master, professional
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. (adj) professional
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
Antonyms: amateur, unskilled, unpaid, blue-collar, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional, recreational, nonprofessional, lay
5. (adj) professional
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
Antonyms: amateur, unpaid, inexpert, lay, unskilled, unprofessional, recreational, blue-collar, amateurish, nonprofessional
6. (adj) professional
characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Antonyms: amateur, recreational, lay, blue-collar, unskilled, unprofessional, amateurish, nonprofessional, unpaid, inexpert
7. (adj) professional
of or relating to a profession
Antonyms: amateur, nonprofessional, amateurish, unpaid, unskilled, unprofessional, lay, inexpert, recreational, blue-collar
8. (adj) professional
engaged in by members of a profession
Antonyms: amateur, unpaid, blue-collar, recreational, amateurish, inexpert, unprofessional, lay, nonprofessional, unskilled
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Synonyms and Antonyms of professional 
