professional
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person engaged in one of the learned professions
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- professional organization member holonym
Sense 2 adjective
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications
Related & opposite
- nonprofessional antonym
- nonrecreational similar to
- professeda similar to
Sense 3 noun
an athlete who plays for pay
Types & categories
- jock hypernym
- free agent hyponym
- semiprofessional hyponym
Related & opposite
- amateur antonym
Sense 4 adjective
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
professional organizations
Related & opposite
- profession pertains to
Sense 5 noun
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
Types & categories
- authority hypernym
- past master hyponym
Related & opposite
- mastership derivation
- consummate derivation
Sense 6 adjective
characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
professional conduct
Related & opposite
- unprofessional antonym
Sense 7 adjective
of or relating to a profession
we need professional advice
Related & opposite
- profession pertains to
Sense 8 adjective
engaged in by members of a profession
professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
Related & opposite
- white-collar similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | professional organization |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | careerist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | craftsman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | critic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | educator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | PCP |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lawyer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | librarian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | practitioner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | publisher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yuppie |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonprofessional |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonrecreational |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | professeda |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | jock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | free agent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | semiprofessional |
| 4 | pertains to | Related & opposite | profession |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mastership |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consummate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | authority |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | past master |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | unprofessional |
| 7 | pertains to | Related & opposite | profession |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | white-collar |