professionalize

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verb

To make something professional.

Similar
professionalise
Opposite
deprofessionalizeunprofessionalize
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Meanings

verbprofessionalize (third-person singular simple present professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, simple past and past participle professionalized)

present singular third person professionalizes · participle present professionalizing · participle past professionalized · past professionalized · alternative professionalise

  1. transitiveTo make something professional.
  2. transitiveTo advance an occupation to the level of a profession.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
deprofessionalizeunprofessionalize

verbbecome professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

Similar
professionalise
Broader
change

verbmake professional or give a professional character to

Similar
professionalise
Broader
changealtermodify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From professional + -ize.

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Translations

Bulgarian професионализирам
  • професионализирам (profesionaliziram)make something professional
Catalan professionalitzar
  • professionalitzarmake something professional
Czech profesionalizovat
  • profesionalizovatmake something professional
Danish professionalisere
  • professionaliseremake something professional
Dutch professionaliseren
  • professionaliserenmake something professional
Esperanto profesiigi
  • profesiigimake something professional
Finnish ammatillistaa
  • ammatillistaamake something professional
French professionnaliser
  • professionnalisermake something professional
German professionalisieren
  • professionalisierenmake something professional
Italian professionalizzare
  • professionalizzaremake something professional
Norwegian profesjonalisere
  • profesjonaliseremake something professional
Polish profesjonalizować
  • profesjonalizowaćmake something professional
Portuguese profissionalizar
  • profissionalizarmake something professional
Romanian profesionaliza
  • profesionalizamake something professional
Russian профессионализи́ровать, профессионализова́ть
  • профессионализи́ровать (professionalizírovat')make something professional
  • профессионализова́ть (professionalizovát')make something professional
Slovak profesionalizovať
  • profesionalizovaťmake something professional
Spanish profesionalizar
  • profesionalizarmake something professional
Swedish professionalisera
  • professionaliseramake something professional
Ukrainian професіоналізува́ти
  • професіоналізува́ти (profesionalizuváty)make something professional
Welsh proffesiynoli
  • proffesiynolimake something professional
Cite this entry
APA

professionalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professionalize

MLA

“professionalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professionalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “professionalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professionalize.

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