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

   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

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

3. master, professionaladjective

   an authority qualified to teach apprentices

   Synonyms:
   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. Ohio GOP Chairman Matt Borges:

   This run … as chairman of the party has been really the most exceptional experience, professional, of my entire life.

2. Alex Azar:

   I commend Pfizer for its constructive and professional approach, and its desire to work with President Trump to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.

3. Felix Frankfurter:

   We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

4. Patricia Bates:

   Whether it's at the Division I college, or professional level, they have that drive, and that translates very well in our business.

5. Kim Crowder:

   In this country, we've sort of decided that sports are for men, you see that in the creation of the WNBA -- look at how long it came after the NBA was created -- and in pay disparities. Both of these things tell us a lot about who' deserves' to be seen and treated in the world of professional basketball as a professional, as best in class.