professional: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 17 letter points · starts with P · ends with L
Meaning of professional
noun
A person who belongs to a profession.
A white-collar worker, especially one with a specialized, high-earning job such as a doctor or engineer.
A person who earns their living from a specified activity.
- euphemistic
A prostitute.
Example: There was this nice lady who flirted with me at the bar, but it turned out that she was a professional.
Listed forms: professionals.
Source: Wiktionary — professional.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
Example: The doctor is very professional in his manner.
- broadly
Expert.
Of an occupation, paid, especially so as to provide a livelihood.
Example: a professional musician, a professional footballer
- often, pejorative
Engaging in persistent behaviour that is exaggeratedly implied to be a full-time, paid occupation.
Example: Don't listen to him, he's a professional bullshitter.
Source: Wiktionary — professional.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for professional.
noun
a person engaged in one of the learned professions
- professional person
noun
an athlete who plays for pay
noun
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of professional
P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + F(4) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 17 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of professional
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from professional
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