Antonyms for professional

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : pruh-fesh-uh-nl

Phonetic Transcription : prəˈfɛʃ ə nl

Definition of professional

Origin : early 15c., of religious orders; 1747 of careers (especially of the skilled or learned trades from c.1793); see profession. In sports, opposed to amateur, from 1846. Related: Professionally.

adj skilled, trained
noun person prepared for work by extended study or practice

Example sentences :

Robert, though not a professional fisherman, was not wholly inexperienced.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Excuse me, Mr. Vavasor, but how do you know I am not a professional singer?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I mean, how then do you know I am not a professional singer?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

A professional would have been shocked by some of its appointments.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Now and then their professional discussions ended in something different.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The doctor says we must have a professional nurse, and we must go away from here soon.
Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston

They were of the "Effendi class," and might be merchants or professional persons.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Never had he had what seemed to him so great a professional triumph.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

But my course as a professional machine is clear; I have nothing to do with it.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Mr Pancks brought his friend and professional adviser, Mr Rugg, back with him.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for professional

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