professional

professional
adj
1. skilled, knowledgeable, learned, Inf. pro; white-collar; experienced, Fr. au fait. veteran, seasoned, trained; skillful, adept, dexterous, adroit, deft, facile; accomplished, able, apt, gifted, talented; finished, polished, practiced; expert, proficient, masterful, masterly; topflight, top-drawer, big-league, big-time, Inf. topnotch, Inf. crack, Sl. crackerjack, Inf. whiz-bang, Brit. Sl. whizzo.
2. efficient, competent, capable, able; hardworking, conscientious, thorough, systematic; prompt, quick, Sl. on the ball, on top of everything; practical, realistic, sensible, pragmatic, matter-of-fact, prosaic; businesslike, formal, official, authoritative.
n
3. expert, Inf. pro, master, proficient, adept, mavin, master hand, Chiefly Brit. Inf. dab hand, Brit. Dial. dabster; veteran, journeyman, past master, past mistress, old hand, old stager; specialist, authority, connoisseur; (both of martial arts) black belt, dan.
4. maestro, virtuoso, talent, genius, prodigy, standout, Inf. wizard, Inf. whiz, U.S. Sl. crackerjack, Inf. sharp, Sl. shark

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