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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