Definition of professional

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• professional is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
• professional is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
• professional is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of professional

• a person engaged in one of the learned professions (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. professional person
• an authority qualified to teach apprentices (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. master
• an athlete who plays for pay (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pro
• engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications
  2. began her professional career after the Olympics
  3. professional theater
  4. professional football
  5. a professional cook
  6. professional actors and athletes
• engaged in by members of a profession (adjective)

  Examples

  1. professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
• characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession ()

  Examples

  1. professional conduct
  2. professional ethics
  3. a thoroughly professional performance
• of or relating to or suitable as a profession ()

  Examples

  1. professional organizations
  2. a professional field such as law
• of or relating to a profession ()

  Examples

  1. we need professional advice
  2. professional training
  3. professional equipment for his new office

See definition of professional in Merriam Webster