Meanings
pro1
pro2
comparative more pro · superlative most pro
- Professional.
He landed a pro mentorship gig.
pro3
plural pros
- slangA prostitute.
1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), Mister God, This Is Anna Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the street.
pro4
pro5
plural pros
- historicalslangA chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease.
Pro6
PRO7
plural PROs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of pressure retarded osmosis.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of patient-reported outcome.
In the bivariate analysis carried out by subgroups, we did not find statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between bionaïve or bioexperienced patients, patients with BMI < 30 or BMI > 30 in relation to the efficacy variables (PASI and BSA) and analyzed PROs (VAS pruritus and DLQI).
2022 August 30, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Lourdes Rodriguez Fernandez-Freire, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Manuel Galan-Gutierrez, “Tildrakizumab: Efficacy, Safety and Survival in Mid-Term (52 Weeks) in Three Tertiary Hospitals in Andalucia (Spain)”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 11, number 17, →DOI, page 5
- USabbreviationgovernmentAbbreviation of Prohibition Party.
PRO8
- human sciencesA theoretical phonologically null pronoun
- sign language linguisticsUsed to indicate personal pronoun in sign language glosses, e.g. PRO.1 or PRO-1 for the first person.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
nounA person who supports a concept or principle.
prepositionIn favor of.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
adverbin favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
pro · noun, preposition
- Latinprō“on behalf of”
- Middle Englishpro
- Englishpro
From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”).
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Pro · proper noun
- SpanishPro
- SpanishPro
- EnglishPro
Borrowed from Spanish Pro.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَع
- مَع (maʕ)in favor of
Bulgarian плюс
- плюс (pljus)advantage of something
Catalan pro, pro
- proadvantage of something
- proin favor of
- expertsomeone who is very good at something
Czech pro, klad
- proadvantage of something
- kladadvantage of something
- proin favor of
- profíksomeone who is very good at something
Estonian proff
- proffsomeone who is very good at something
Finnish etu, hyvä puoli
- etuadvantage of something
- hyvä puoliadvantage of something
- puolestain favor of
- ammattilainena professional sportsman
French les pours, les avantages
- les poursadvantage of something
- les avantagesadvantage of something
- proa professional sportsman
- prosomeone who is very good at something
- expertsomeone who is very good at something
German Profi
- Profisomeone who is very good at something
Hungarian profi
- profisomeone who is very good at something
Italian in favore di, pro
- in favore diin favor of
- proin favor of
- espertosomeone who is very good at something
Japanese プロ
- プロ (puro)someone who is very good at something
Korean 프로
- 프로 (peuro)someone who is very good at something
Latin consultus
- consultussomeone who is very good at something
Norwegian proff, proff
- proffa professional sportsman
- proffsomeone who is very good at something
Polish za, za
- zaadvantage of something
- zain favor of
Portuguese pró, pró
- próadvantage of something
- próin favor of
- especialistasomeone who is very good at something
- peritosomeone who is very good at something
- profissasomeone who is very good at something
Russian про́фи, профессиона́л
- про́фи (prófi)someone who is very good at something
- профессиона́л (professionál)someone who is very good at something
- спец (spec)someone who is very good at something
Slovak plus, klad
- plusadvantage of something
- kladadvantage of something
- výhodaadvantage of something
- zain favor of
- profíksomeone who is very good at something
- profíčkasomeone who is very good at something
Spanish perito, experto
- peritosomeone who is very good at something
- expertosomeone who is very good at something
Swedish fördel, proffs
- fördeladvantage of something
- proffssomeone who is very good at something
Tagalog sang-ayon
- sang-ayonin favor of
Thai ข้อดี
- ข้อดี (kɔ̂ɔ-dii)advantage of something
Turkish adına, lehine
- adınain favor of
- lehinein favor of
- lehindein favor of
Vietnamese ưu điểm, thuận
- ưu điểmadvantage of something
- thuậnin favor of
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pro
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
pro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro
“pro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro.
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