Meaning & Definition of Professional in English

1. A person engaged in one of the learned professions

2. An athlete who plays for pay

3. An authority qualified to teach apprentices

1. 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. Of or relating to or suitable as a profession

• "Professional organizations"

• "A professional field such as law"

3. Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

• "Professional conduct"

• "Professional ethics"

• "A thoroughly professional performance"

4. Of or relating to a profession

• "We need professional advice"

• "Professional training"

• "Professional equipment for his new office"

5. Engaged in by members of a profession

• "Professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"