Professional

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
	2.	Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; - opposed to amateur.
n.	1.	A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

Noun	1.	professional - a person engaged in one of the learned professions Synonyms: professional person
	2.	professional - an athlete who plays for pay Synonyms: pro Antonyms: amateur - does not play for pay
	3.	professional - an authority qualified to teach apprentices Synonyms: master
Adj.	1.	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" Antonyms: nonprofessional - not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"
	2.	professional - of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
	3.	professional - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" Antonyms: unprofessional - not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it"; "was censured for unprofessional conduct"; "unprofessional repairs"
	4.	professional - of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
	5.	professional - engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"

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