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more professional

ADJECTIVE

skilled, trained

Synonyms

STRONGEST

competent efficient experienced licensed qualified skillful

STRONG

ace adept crackerjack expert sharp slick there

WEAK

able acknowledged finished knowing one's stuff known learned on the ball polished practiced proficient up to speed well-qualified

Antonyms

STRONGEST

green ignorant incapable incompetent inefficient inexperienced unable unskilled untalented

STRONG

clumsy inept stupid unintelligent

WEAK

amateur rookie unprofessional untrained

Example Sentences

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He promoted officers whom he deemed more professional and politically reliable, while overhauling the command structure to put himself more firmly in control.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

There has also been an effort to make security forces more professional, including a complaints system for people forced to pay bribes.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Authorities have also announced plans to implement a five-year strategy aimed at establishing safer, more professional and globally-aligned standards for boxing.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Landau suggested that the musician needed to record in a more professional recording studio, the Record Plant in New York City.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

He seemed more enthusiastic, more vital than his imperturbable adversary, who possessed a style that was obviously more professional, but at the same time less emotional for the large crowd that filled the house.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez