Synonyms of pug
120 similar words
Another word for pug is mops. Other synonyms of pug are carlin, Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff and mini mastiff.
Synonyms and similar words for pug
nounA pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face...
- carlin
- Chinese pugA pug (dog).
- Dutch bulldogA pug (dog).
- Dutch mastiffA pug (dog).
- mini mastiffA pug (the dog).
- mopsA pug dog.
nounSynonym of teg (“a sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until...
- tegA sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
nounA mistress, or a female prostitute; also (generally, derogatory) a woman.
- alley cat figuratively, humorous
- almahAn Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
- bangtail
- 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 slang
- brasser IrelandProstitute.
- brass slang
- business girl slang
- calico queenA prostitute.
- callet
- cat
- chippy US
- chromo Australia
- cocotte
- comfort girl
- 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.
- floozie
- fornicatrixA female fornicator.
- geebag Ireland, slang
- good-time girl euphemistic
- GRO
- 'ho
- hoerOne who hoes.
- hoe
- hook
- hooker US
- hustler
- 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 euphemistic
- lady of light virtue
- lady of pleasureA female prostitute or courtesan.
- lady of the eveningA female prostitute.
- lady of the night
- loose womanA sexually promiscuous woman, or a prostitute.
- meat puppet US
- moll Australia
- mort wap-apace
- mot Ireland, slang
- mud kicker slang
- mud-kicker slang
- mudkicker slang
- Paphian literary
- party girl euphemistic
- pavement princess
- perditaA woman who has fallen into prostitution.
- pimpette
- priestess of Venus euphemistic
- pro skirt slangA prostitute.
- prossie UKA prostitute.
- prossy UKProstitute.
- pross slangA prostitute.
- prostie US
- prostitute
- prostitutor
- prosty USA prostitute.
- prozzie UKA prostitute.
- prozzy UK
- pro
- public womanA female prostitute.
- punkA female prostitute.
- pussygirl informal, vulgarA (term of endearment for a) female submissive sex partner; a prostitute; a seductress.
- puta vulgar
- quiff
- scrubber UK
- sex labourerSynonym of sex worker.
- sex workerA person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
- slag
- slapper Ireland, slang
- slit vulgar
- slut vulgar
- sodomitess
- street taco US, slang
- succubus
- tart UK
- tawaif
- thotty US, slangResembling or characteristic of a thot (slut, sexually promiscuous woman).
- thot US, derogatory
- tom UK
- treddle
- trick turnerA person who turns tricks; a prostitute.
- trollopA strumpet; a whore.
- trullA female prostitute or harlot.
- vice girlA female prostitute.
- whore derogatory
- 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 euphemistic
- babe slang
- baggage offensive
- bim slang
- bint UK, offensiveA woman, a girl.
- bird UK, offensive
- bitch offensive, slang
- blone slangA woman.
- broad US, slangA prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
- chick slang
- donnaA lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
- femeA woman.
- femme
- femoid derogatoryA woman, occasionally referring to the especially hypergamous.
- frau
Meaning of pug
- noun A pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- noun A pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
- noun In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
pug in other languages
Questions about synonyms of pug
- What is another word for pug?
- Pug has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as mops, carlin, Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, teg and goblin.
- What does pug mean?
- Pug means a pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
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