Meanings
alternative semi-professional
- not comparablePaid as a professional but on a part-time basis.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a semiprofession.
- not comparableOf close to professional standard; prosumer.
plural semiprofessionals · alternative semi-professional
- A semiprofessional person.
A lot of cameras have optical zoom and high megapixel counts, but Sony ’s new Cyber-shot HX1 has a few features that might even appeal to semiprofessionals.
2009 March 12, John Biggs, “Get the Big Picture, or Focus on One Face”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishprofessional
- Englishsemiprofessional
From semi- + professional.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
semiprofessional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiprofessional
“semiprofessional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiprofessional. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiprofessional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiprofessional.
Source: semiprofessional on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.