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
- 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
- able
- ace
- acknowledged
- adept
- artist
- artiste
- authority
- brain
- competent
- crackerjack
- efficient
- egghead
- experienced
- expert
- finished
- hotshot
- knowing one's stuff
- known
- learned
- licensed
- old hand
- old pro
- old war-horse
- on the ball
- phenom
- polished
- powerhouse
- practiced
- pro
- proficient
- pundit
- qualified
- shark
- sharp
- skillful
- slick
- specialist
- star
- superstar
- there
- up to speed
- virtuoso
- well-qualified
- whiz
- whiz kid
- wizard
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