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professional |
Grep of noun professional health professional paraprofessional professional professional association professional baseball professional basketball professional boxing professional dancer professional football professional golf professional golfer professional life professional organization professional person professional relation professional tennis professional tennis player professional wrestling professionalism semiprofessional Overview of noun professional The noun professional has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) professional, professional person -- (a person engaged in one of the learned professions) 2. (1) professional, pro -- (an athlete who plays for pay) 3. (1) master, professional -- (an authority qualified to teach apprentices) Overview of adj professional The adj professional has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (12) professional -- (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") 2. (11) professional -- (of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law") 3. (6) professional -- (characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance") 4. (4) professional -- (of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office") 5. (1) professional -- (engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching") Antonyms of adj professional 3 of 5 senses of professional Sense 1 professional (vs. nonprofessional) nonprofessional (vs. professional) => amateur, recreational, unpaid => lay Sense 3 professional (vs. unprofessional) unprofessional (vs. professional) => amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled Sense 5 professional INDIRECT (VIA white-collar) -> blue-collar Similarity of adj professional 5 senses of professional Sense 1 professional (vs. nonprofessional) => nonrecreational, paid => professed(postnominal) Sense 2 professional Pertains to noun profession (Sense 1) =>profession, community => occupational group vocation Sense 3 professional (vs. unprofessional) => expert Sense 4 professional Pertains to noun profession (Sense 2) =>profession => occupation, business, job, line of work line Sense 5 professional => white-collar (vs. blue-collar) Attributes of adj professional Familiarity of adj professional professional used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj professional nonprofessional professional unprofessional Overview of noun professional The noun professional has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) professional, professional person -- (a person engaged in one of the learned professions) 2. (1) professional, pro -- (an athlete who plays for pay) 3. (1) master, professional -- (an authority qualified to teach apprentices) Overview of adj professional The adj professional has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (12) professional -- (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") 2. (11) professional -- (of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law") 3. (6) professional -- (characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance") 4. (4) professional -- (of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office") 5. (1) professional -- (engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching")
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