Scrabble?! PROFESSIONAL

Definitions of PROFESSIONAL in various dictionaries:

noun - a person engaged in one of the learned professions

noun - an athlete who plays for pay

noun - an authority qualified to teach apprentices

adj - engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

adj - of or relating to or suitable as a profession

adj - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

adj - of or relating to a profession

adj - engaged in by members of a profession

Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: a professional field such as law; professional training.

Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional ethics.

Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: amateur and professional actors.

Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.

Having or showing great skill; expert: a thoroughly professional repair job.

A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.

One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.

A skilled practitioner; an expert.