PROFESSIONAL PERSON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person engaged in one of the learned professions

Synonyms:

professional; professional person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("professional person" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "professional person"):

careerist (a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity)

craftsman (a professional whose work is consistently of high quality)

critic (a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art)

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

caregiver; health care provider; health professional; PCP; primary care provider (a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability)

attorney; lawyer (a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice)

bibliothec; librarian (a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services)

practician; practitioner (someone who practices a learned profession)

publisher (a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music)

yuppie (a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style)

Holonyms ("professional person" is a member of...):

professional organisation; professional organization (an organization of and for professional people)