Synonyms for hooker
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Prostitute
prostitute, hustler, street walker, floozy, street girl, harlot, drab, slattern, tart, whore vulgar
Definitions
- n. 1
A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
- n. 2
One who, or that which, hooks.
Related words
- Word family
- hookerish
- Phrases
- left hooker text hooker
Forms
- Plural
- hookers → prostitutes, hustlers, floozies, harlots…
Example sentences
- prostitute Layla, a prostitute, wanted a decent type of life.
- hustler Capitalism makes everyone a hustler.
- floozy You look like a roadside floozy in this dress.
- hook Please hang your coat on the hook behind the door.
- mermaid I want to get a tattoo of a mermaid on my right arm.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hooker | rising | |
| prostitute | rising | |
| hustler | rising | |
| floozy | rising | |
| hook | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hook1, tart1, drab1
- 5 letters
- whore1
- 6 letters
- angler2, harlot2, floozy
- 7 letters
- mermaid2, hustler3, nuthook
- 8 letters
- slattern
- 10 letters
- prostitute3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angler2 = 2 syllables).