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. Harry Dunn:

   I want to take this moment and speak to my fellow officers about the emotions they are continuing to experience from the events of January 6. There is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking professional counseling, what we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us.

2. Michelle Obama:

   There is no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn't hand them their car keys.

3. Mark Dayton:

   I want to appoint the person whom I believe will best represent the people of Minnesota in the Senate, she has impeccable integrity and the highest personal and professional standards. She will be a senator of whom all Minnesotans will be proud.

4. Daniel Goldman:

   Under Chairman Schiff's leadership, we intend to run a professional investigation designed to uncover the facts and the truth.

5. John Rinaldi:

   I’ve done nothing wrong. I left her a very polite, professional letter. I have really respected her space. I’ve never once interjected in her personal life.