prostitute - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | prostitute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sells own abilities, talent, or name for inferior purpose |
| Synonyms: | betrayer, deceiver, gigolo, hustler, seducer, cheater |
| Main Entry: | prostitute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put one's talent to an unworthy use |
| Synonyms: | abuse, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, deprave, devalue, misapply, misuse, pervert, profane, vitiate, misemploy |
| Main Entry: | desecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, violate |
| Synonyms: | befoul, blaspheme, contaminate, defile, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack*, spoil, waste, commit sacrilege, depredate, make lose face, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | honor, praise, sanctify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | floozy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexually promiscuous woman |
| Synonyms: | broad, hooker, prostitute, tramp, whore, bimbo, doxy, easy make, moll, nympho, piece of tail |
| Main Entry: | mishandle/mismanage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess up |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blow, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, err, flub*, foul up, fumble, goof*, harm, misapply, misconduct, mistreat, misuse, muff*, overlook, pervert, prostitute, screw up*, be incompetent, be inefficient, goof up*, gum up, make a hash of, make a mess of, maladminister, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, put foot in, shoot oneself in foot |
| Antonyms: | handle, manage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse; apply wrongly |
| Synonyms: | blow*, corrupt, cut up, desecrate, dissipate, exploit, go through, maltreat, maul, mess up*, misapply, mistreat, molest, outrage, pervert, profane, prostitute, run through*, shake up, squander, waste, wrong, brutalize, handle roughly, ill-treat, misemploy |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | use correctly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pervert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist, turn away from what is acceptable or correct |
| Synonyms: | abuse, adulterate, alloy, brainwash, color, corrupt, cut*, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, distort, divert, doctor, fake, falsify, fudge*, garble, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, mistreat, misuse, outrage, prostitute, ruin, salt*, seduce, spike, vitiate, warp, water*, animalize, doctor up, phony up |
| Antonyms: | straighten, leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, befoul, blaspheme, contaminate, curse, damn, darn, debase, despoil, flame, misuse, mock, pervert, pollute, prostitute, revile, scorn, swear, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo*, be evil, commit sacrilege, commit sin, cuss, do wrong, hoodoo, mudsling, put double whammy on, talk dirty, tar |
| Antonyms: | cleanse, purify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | courtesan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistress |
| Synonyms: | concubine, paramour, prostitute, whore |
| Main Entry: | call girl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female prostitute |
| Synonyms: | harlot, hooker, hustler, lady of the evening, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, whore, working girl, B-girl |
| Main Entry: | mishandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bobble |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blow, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, err, flub, foul up, fumble, goof, harm, mess up, misapply, misconduct, mistreat, misuse, muff, overlook, pervert, prostitute, screw up, be incompetent, be inefficient, goof up, gum up, maladminister, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, mismanager |
| Main Entry: | mistress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ladylove |
| Synonyms: | concubine, courtesan, fancy woman, girlfriend, inamorata, main squeeze, old lady, paramour, prostitute, roommate, shack, sugar, sweetheart, bedmate, best girl, chatelaine, doxy, dream girl, kept woman, ladylove, moll, other woman, shack job, sweetie |
| Main Entry: | slut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wench |
| Synonyms: | floozy*, harlot, hooker*, hussy, prostitute, tart*, tramp, vamp, whore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
| Synonyms: | dissipate, exhaust, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste, misemploy, overtax |
| Antonyms: | benefit, esteem, prize, respect, revere, care for |
| Main Entry: | madam |
| Part of Speech: | noun3 |
| Definition: | a woman in charge of a brothel |
| Synonyms: | prostitute, whore, bawd, procuress |
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