Synonyms for prostitute
- noun
- verb
Most common
working girl loose woman hustler courtesan sex worker street walker jill
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Whore
courtesan, working girl, loose woman, hustler, lady of pleasure, daughter of joy, fille de joie, pander, cocotte, trollop, bawd, slattern, whore vulgar, harlot vulgar dated, hooker slang US, business girl slang, punk dated, tart slang UK, sporting lady slang dated, wanton dated, doxy dated, stew dated
Other
sex worker, moll AU, street walker, sell-out, jill, pro slang, commoner dated, cat slang dated, brass slang UK, mort wap-apace dated UK, jay dated, gillian dated
Verb
1. Pimp — to offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money
pimp, sell one's body, turn tricks slang
Definitions
- n. 1
Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
- v. 1
To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
- v. 2
To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
Related words
- Word family
- procurer prostitution
- Phrases
- prostitute's client intellectual prostitute prostitute oneself
- Is a kind of
- sexual partner
Forms
- Plural
- prostitutes → courtesans, hustlers, panders, cocottes…
- Past participle
- prostituted
e.g. prostituted → pimped, perverted, abused, profaned…
Example sentences
- hustler Capitalism makes everyone a hustler.
By length
- 3 letters
- pro1, cat1, jay1
- 4 letters
- punk1, jill1, stew1, tart1, pimp1, moll1, doxy2, bawd1
- 5 letters
- abuse2, brass1, whore1
- 6 letters
- hooker2, misuse2, wanton2, pander2, harlot2
- 7 letters
- gillian3, pervert2, hustler3, profane2, trollop, cocotte
- 8 letters
- commoner3, slattern, misapply3
- 9 letters
- courtesan, desecrate3, misemploy
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doxy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prostitué
- Italiano
- prostituto
- Español
- prostituto
- Deutsch
- Prostituierter