PROSTITUTE


Meaning of PROSTITUTE in English

I. verb

Synonyms: abuse 2, misapply, misemploy, mishandle, misimprove, misuse, pervert

Related Word: corrupt, debase, debauch, deprave, vitiate

II. noun

a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse especially for money

streets haunted by prostitutes

Synonyms: bawd, ||callet, call girl, camp follower, cocotte, ||cruiser, drab, fille de joie, harlot, ||hooker, hustler, ||joy girl, meretrix, moll, nightwalker, party girl, pom-pom girl, poule, quean, sporting girl, street girl, streetwalker, ||tomato, whore; compare doxy , harlot 1, wanton

Related Word: bar girl, B-girl, pickup; V-girl, victory girl; cocodette

Idioms: lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, woman of the street ( or streets), woman of the town

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.