Main entry: pro, professional
Definition: an athlete who plays for pay
Antonyms: amateur
Definition: an athlete who does not play for pay
Main entry: professional
Definition: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
Usage: 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
Definition: not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain
Antonyms: unpaid
Definition: not paid
Main entry: professional
Definition: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Usage: professional conduct; professional ethics; a thoroughly professional performance
Antonyms: unprofessional
Definition: not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Main entry: professional
Definition: engaged in by members of a profession
Usage: professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
Antonyms: blue-collar
Definition: of or designating manual industrial work or workers