Synonyms of professionals

professionals

noun

plural of professional

as in specialists

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field

If you want the job done right, you really should hire a professional.

Related Words

• specialists
• consultants
• pros
• craftsmen
• enthusiasts
• fans
• aficionados
• devotees
• experts
• addicts
• buffs
• hired guns
• journeymen
• gurus
• artists
• masters
• scholars
• virtuosos
• hands
• connoisseurs
• adepts
• Renaissance men
• hotshots
• sharks
• maestros
• proficients
• jacks-of-all-trades
• mavens
• geeks
• wizards
• past masters
• all-rounders
• cognoscenti
• sharps
• whizzes
• authorities
• aces
• fiends
• meisters
• dab hands
• crackerjacks
• dabs

Dissimilar Words

• beginners
• novices
• apprentices
• neophytes
• laymen
• dabblers
• nonprofessionals
• dilettantes
• amateurs
• nonexperts
• inexperts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of professionals

First held in 1985, the annual awards celebration honors the contributions of casting professionals in film, television (both scripted and unscripted), short films, commercials, and theater. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026

OpenAI has denied the company’s products were responsible for the death of the 16-year-old, Adam Raine, and previously said the company was continuing to work with mental health professionals to strengthen protections in its chatbot. —Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026

Public health cannot be sustained when inputs are missing, and professionals leave. —Ricardo Torres, Time, 8 Jan. 2026

But the policy’s impact will be minimal for countries whose students, tourists, and professionals are already banned under a presidential proclamation in June blocking Cubans, Venezuelans, Antiguans, Barbudans, Dominicans and nationals from over a dozen other countries. —Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026

Teachers and other mandatory reporters — the legal requirement to report applies to a wide range of professionals — do not need to have proof of abuse to bring forward their suspicions, Villafuerte said. —Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026

The visa for skilled professionals is the first phase of Vietnam's new three-part golden visa program. —Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026

There already has been a record level nationally in visits to medical professionals related to the flu or a flu-like illness. —Phillip Sitter, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026

Connecticut Human Anti-trafficking Response Team conducts trainings to educate professionals, law enforcement and communities about the signs of trafficking. —Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026