Synonyms: master, professional
Definition: an authority qualified to teach apprentices
Similar words: authority
Definition: an expert whose views are taken as definitive
Usage: he is an authority on corporate law
Synonyms: professional, professional person
Definition: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
Synonyms: pro, professional
Definition: an athlete who plays for pay
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: nonrecreational, paid
Definition: involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
Similar words: professed
Definition: professing to be qualified
Usage: a professed philosopher
Synonyms: professional
Definition: engaged in by members of a profession
Usage: professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
Similar words: white-collar
Definition: of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
Usage: the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper