professional
professional is a valid 12-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
What does professional mean?
A person engaged in one of the learned professions.
An authority qualified to teach apprentices.
An athlete who plays for pay.
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”
Engaged in by members of a profession.
“professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”
Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession.
“professional conduct”
“professional ethics”
Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
“professional organizations”
“a professional field such as law”
Of or relating to a profession.
“we need professional advice”
“professional training”