professional
professional is a 12-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
- adjective. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
- noun. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
- noun. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- noun. a person engaged in one of the learned professions
- noun. an athlete who plays for pay
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
"professional conduct"
"professional ethics"
- adjective. engaged in by members of a profession
"professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
- adjective. of or relating to a profession
"we need professional advice"
"professional training"
- adjective. of or relating to or suitable as a profession
"professional organizations"
"a professional field such as law"
Synonyms
Common word forms
professionals, professionally, professionalise, professionality, professionalize
Words from these letters
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