young professional
Ambitious early careerist
A young professional is someone in the early stages of a white-collar career, typically in their twenties or thirties.
The term implies education, ambition, and upward mobility—someone building a career rather than just holding a job.
Marketing often targets young professionals as a demographic with disposable income and lifestyle aspirations: The neighborhood is full of young professionals.
Often abbreviated YP or, with urban added, yuppie.
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- career ladderSequential job advancement structure
- millennialConcerning thousand-year cycles
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
networking event · happy hour · hustle · side hustle · corporate · intern · graduate · entry-level · driven · laptop · commute · LinkedIn · startup · suit · business casual · coffee · trendy · urban
- urbanitescity dweller, resident, tenant, renter, apartment dweller
- girlsgirl, lass, lassie, miss, missy
- Young adulthoodteenager, college student, graduate, twenty-something, adolescent
- Suburbaniteshomeowner, soccer mom, soccer dad, lawn mower, carpooler
young professionalsenior executive
High-level corporate officer
senior management · seasoned veteran · senior partner · old hand · elder statesman
young professionalblue-collar worker
Manual labor employee
manual laborer · tradesperson · unskilled worker · hourly worker · service worker
young, younger, youngest, youngster, youngsters, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness, professional