Synonyms of prostitute
120 similar words · 4 opposite words
Another word for prostitute is pimp. Other synonyms of prostitute are succubus, hustler, almah and floozie.
Synonyms and similar words for prostitute
nounAny person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for...
- sex workerA person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
nounA person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal...
verbTo offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
- sell one's bodyTo work as a prostitute.
- pimpTo prostitute someone.
verbTo sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for...
nounMore synonyms
- alley cat figuratively, humorousA (female) prostitute.
- almahAn Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
- bangtailA prostitute.
- bargirlA woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide...
- beotch slang, vulgar
- brass nail slangA prostitute.
- brasser IrelandProstitute.
- brass slangA prostitute.
- business girl slangA young woman employed in business or office work.
- calico queenA prostitute.
- calletA trull or prostitute.
- catSynonym of prostitute.
- chippy USA prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- chromo AustraliaA prostitute.
- cocotte
- comfort girlA female sex slave; prostitute.
- comfort woman euphemisticA woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
- creature of the nightA prostitute.
- daughter of joy euphemisticA female prostitute.
- escort euphemistic
- fille de joieA female prostitute; a courtesan.
- floozieA prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
- fornicatrixA female fornicator.
- geebag Ireland, slang
- good-time girl euphemisticA female prostitute.
- GRO
- 'ho
- hoerOne who hoes.
- hoe
- hookA prostitute.
- hooker USA prostitute.
- hustlerA prostitute.
- Japayuki-san derogatoryA Filipina who travels to Japan to work as an entertainer, with implications of prostitution.
- karayuki-sanA Japanese girl from a poor agricultural region who was sent abroad to work as a prostitute.
- lady of leisure euphemisticA female prostitute.
- lady of light virtueA female prostitute.
- lady of pleasureA female prostitute or courtesan.
- lady of the eveningA female prostitute.
- lady of the nightA female prostitute.
- loose womanA sexually promiscuous woman, or a prostitute.
- meat puppet US
- moll AustraliaA female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former or current prostitute.
- mort wap-apaceAn experienced prostitute.
- mot Ireland, slangA prostitute.
- mud kicker slang
- mud-kicker slangStreetwalker; a prostitute who looks for customers in public places, especially one who works for a pimp.
- mudkicker slangProstitute.
- Paphian literaryA prostitute.
- party girl euphemisticA female prostitute.
- pavement princessA female prostitute who seeks clients on the street.
- perditaA woman who has fallen into prostitution.
- pimpette
- priestess of Venus euphemisticSynonym of prostitute.
- pro skirt slangA prostitute.
- prossie UKA prostitute.
- prossy UKProstitute.
- pross slangA prostitute.
- prostie US
- prostitutor
- prosty USA prostitute.
- prozzie UKA prostitute.
- prozzy UK
- proA prostitute.
- public womanA female prostitute.
- punkA female prostitute.
- pussygirl informal, vulgarA (term of endearment for a) female submissive sex partner; a prostitute; a seductress.
- puta vulgarA prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
- quiffA young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
- scrubber UKA prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- sex labourerSynonym of sex worker.
- slagA prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.
- slapper Ireland, slangA prostitute.
- slit vulgarA woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
- slut vulgarA prostitute.
- sodomitessA female temple prostitute.
- street taco US, slangA prostitute that walks the streets.
- succubusA strumpet, whore or prostitute.
- tart UKA prostitute.
- tawaifHarlot, whore, prostitute.
- thotty US, slangResembling or characteristic of a thot (slut, sexually promiscuous woman).
- thot US, derogatory
- tom UKA female prostitute.
- treddleA prostitute; strumpet.
- trick turnerA person who turns tricks; a prostitute.
- trollopA strumpet; a whore.
- trullA female prostitute or harlot.
- vice girlA female prostitute.
- whore derogatorySynonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- woman of easy virtue euphemisticA prostitute.
- woman of ill fame euphemisticA female prostitute.
- woman of ill repute euphemisticA female prostitute.
- woman of the night euphemisticA female prostitute.
- woman of the street euphemisticA prostitute.
- woman of the town euphemisticA female prostitute.
- working girl euphemisticA female prostitute.
- abandons UK, archaic
- Bankside lady UK, archaicA prostitute.
- bat archaic
- blouze obsoleteA prostitute.
- blowen obsoleteA prostitute; a courtesan.
- blowsabella obsoleteA promiscuous woman or prostitute.
- broad datedA prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
- coaster datedA prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.
- cockatrice archaicSynonym of whore, a female prostitute, a sexually promiscuous woman.
- commoner obsoleteA prostitute.
- Covent Garden nun UK, archaicA prostitute.
- croshabell obsoleteA prostitute.
- dollymop UK, datedAn amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.
- doxy archaicA sweetheart, a prostitute, a mistress or kept woman.
- drab archaicA promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
- Dutch widow archaicA female prostitute.
- flap obsoleteA young prostitute.
- frail sister euphemistic, obsoleteA female prostitute.
- Fulham virgin British, datedA promiscuous woman.
- gamester obsoleteA prostitute; one who is on the game.
Opposite of prostitute
nounMore antonyms
- MagdaleneA reformed prostitute.
- MagdalenA female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene.
- nonprostituteOne who is not a prostitute.
- convertite obsoleteA reformed or former prostitute.
Meaning of prostitute
- adjective Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
- adjective Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
- adjective Exposed, subjected (to something shameful).
prostitute in other languages
Questions about synonyms of prostitute
- What is another word for prostitute?
- Prostitute has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as pimp, succubus, hustler, almah and floozie.
- What is the opposite of prostitute?
- The opposite of prostitute is Magdalene. Other antonyms of prostitute are Magdalen, nonprostitute and convertite.
- What does prostitute mean?
- Prostitute means debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
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