Synonyms for prostitution
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Abuse
abuse, perversion, misuse, desecration, profanation, misemployment, vitiation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive.
- n. 2
Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services.
Related words
- Word family
- prostitute
Forms
- Plural
- prostitutions → whoredoms, whorings, harlotries, abuses…
Example sentences
- perversion Your red cheeks give away your perversion.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prostitution | rising | |
| whoring | rising | |
| whoredom | rising | |
| harlotry | rising | |
| perversion | steady | |
| profanation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- abuse2
- 6 letters
- misuse2
- 7 letters
- whoring
- 8 letters
- whoredom, harlotry
- 9 letters
- vitiation
- 10 letters
- perversion3
- 11 letters
- desecration4, profanation4
- 13 letters
- misemployment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prostitution
- Italiano
- prostituzione
- Español
- prostitución
- Deutsch
- Prostitution