prostitute

Meaning of prostitute

noun

a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.

verb
  1. offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment.
    although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself

mid 16th century (as a verb): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before’ + statuere ‘set up, place’.

Information about prostitute

  • The plural form of prostitute is: prostitutes.
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Hyphenation of prostitute

pros-ti-tute

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • prostitute is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

prostitute synonyms

Meaning cocotte:

cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian

Meaning a prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients:

courtesan

Meaning a young man paid or financially supported by a woman, typically an older woman, to be her escort or lover:

gigolo

Meaning a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original:

model

Meaning a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection or as a mark of rank:

escort

Meaning a woman who provides massage professionally:

masseuse

Meaning a professional, especially in sport:

pro

Meaning the male of various animals, especially a domestic cat:

tom

Meaning a person who rents a flat, car, or other object:

renter

Meaning the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum, who tries to hook the ball:

hooker

Meaning a person adept at aggressive selling or illicit dealing:

hustler

Meaning a prostitute:

ho, trull

Meaning a prostitute who seeks clients in the street:

streetwalker

Meaning a fish-and-chip shop:

chippy

Meaning a gangster's female companion:

moll

Meaning a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships:

strumpet, trollop

Meaning a sexually unrestrained woman:

wanton

Meaning a lover or mistress:

doxy

Meaning fabric of a dull light brown colour:

drab

Meaning an impudent or badly behaved girl or woman:

quean

Meaning a girl or young woman:

wench

Translation of prostitute

Words that rhyme with prostitute

tute, counterstatute, statute, constitute, destitute, institute, preconstitute, predestitute, presubstitute, reconstitute, reinstitute, restitute, resubstitute, substitute, superinstitute, undestitute, unprostitute, astute, battute

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