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Synonyms for brothel

All synonyms

Noun

1. Bordello

whore house, bordello, bawdy house formal, bagnio, cat house slang US, sporting house slang dated, stew dated, house of accommodation dated, can house slang US, common house dated, disorderly house dated, leaping house dated

Other

massage parlor US, massage parlour UK, knock shop, sauna, rub and tug, nunnery slang dated, academy slang, pushing school slang dated, vaulting school slang dated, crib slang, bordel dated, lupanar formal dated, wapping ken dated UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A house of prostitution.

Related words

Phrases
brothel house
Is a kind of
building organization

Forms

Plural
brothels → bordellos, bagnios, stews, saunas…

Example sentences

  • sauna Neo liked sitting in the sauna in the bathhouse.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
brothelrising
bordellorising
bagniorising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
stew1, crib1
5 letters
sauna2
6 letters
bordel, bagnio
7 letters
academy4, nunnery3, lupanar
8 letters
bordello3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sauna2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
bordel
Italiano
bordello
Deutsch
Bordell
Català
bordell