Synonym: occupational, vocational. Antonym: amateur. Similar words: profession, congressional, confession, session, missionary, occasional, recession, occasionally. Meaning: [prə'feʃnl] 
n. 1. a person engaged in one of the learned professions 2. an athlete who plays for pay 3. an authority qualified to teach apprentices. adj. 1. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood 2. of or relating to or suitable as a profession 3. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession 4. of or relating to a profession 5. engaged in by members of a profession.
n. 1. a person engaged in one of the learned professions 2. an athlete who plays for pay 3. an authority qualified to teach apprentices. adj. 1. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood 2. of or relating to or suitable as a profession 3. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession 4. of or relating to a profession 5. engaged in by members of a profession. 
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211, This view is supported by a growing body of professional opinion.
212, This has been my worst time for injuries since I started as a professional footballer.
213, We'd prefer to rent the house to a professional couple.
214, She spoke of the professional woman's lament that a woman's judgment is questioned more than a man's.
215, When you're a professional footballer, you expect people to take a pop at you now and again.
216, It sounds to me as if he needs professional help.
217, Your time could be usefully employed in attending to professional matters.
218, Getting a former professional player as coach was a major coup for the club.
219, I thought the whole meeting was going to fall apart but you rescued it like a true professional!
220, She's a professional dancer/photographer.
221, Several of her patients have made allegations of professional misconduct about/against her.
222, I'll say one thing for Sandra - she's a professional through and through.
223, The company has been successful in cultivating a very professional image.
224, He was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct.
225, I'd love to be a professional writer, but I'm not giving up my day job just yet.
226, She had been invited to the conference in her guise as a professional counsellor.
227, The drug came under strong attack from concerned professional observers.
228, Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives[sentencedict.com/professional.html], never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.
229, She decided to keep her maiden name for professional purposes.
230, Most of the people on the course were professional women.
231, Chris, you're a nurse, so can I ask your professional opinion on bandaging ankles?
232, Journalists must subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to fairness and balance.
233, As a professional composer I owe much to Radio 3.
234, She is extremely professional in her approach to her job.
235, Mark, a professional to his fingertips, insisted that we follow the correct procedures.
236, There seems to be lots of money sloshing around in professional tennis.
237, Small investors like myself are probably none the richer after handing over their financial affairs to professional advisers.
238, He was told he had no talent and would never make it as a professional singer.
239, The only reason I didn't become a professional golfer was because of my family commitments.
240, The professional abortionist was a last resort.
More similar words: profession, congressional, confession, session, missionary, occasional, recession, occasionally, depression, impression, aggression, processing, mission, national, regional, progressive, emission, admission, permission, commission, functional, educational, additional, discussion, commissioner, nationalism, traditional, provision, conventional, traditionally.