the pros

plural noun

US, somewhat informal

: the professional level of competition in a sport

He is playing in the pros now.

Examples of the pros in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From high school to the pros, athletes are in love with this trendy energy drink. — Noah White, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026

If youth teams practiced like the pros, confining full contact to once a week, impacts could fall by more than half, Daneshvar says. — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

After reading the pros and cons on this topic, has your thinking changed? — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

In This Article For the most part, couch deep-cleaning should be left to the pros. — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the pros

• aloes
• arose
• bestows
• boroughs
• buboes
• cargoes
• cocos
• compos
• compose
• crossbows
• demos
• depose