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Prostitute

noun
/ˈpɹɒstɪtjuːt/
Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.nounAny person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
2.nounA person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
3.verbTo offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
4.verbTo sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
5.adjectiveDebased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
6.adjectiveTaking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
7.adjectiveExposed, subjected (to something shameful).

Synonyms

whoreselloutsex workerpimpsell one's bodyturn trickssell outbawdharlotwoman of the streetworking girllady of pleasure

Rhymes With

astutedisputeacutedestituterefuteconstitutebrutemoot
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