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hustler

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hustler

1 a woman who engages in sexual activities for money

  • policemen kept the street clean of hustlers
Synonyms of hustler

bawd, call girl, cocotte, courtesan, drab, harlot, hooker, prostitute, sex worker, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, whore
Words Related to hustler

madam, madame

white slave

chippie (also chippy), doxy (also doxie), floozy (or floozie), tramp

hussy, jade, minx

coquette, flirt, libertine, siren, tempter, temptress, vamp, wench
Phrases Synonymous with hustler

woman of the street

2 an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

  • the ad for the sales job claims that for someone whoʼs a real hustler, the skyʼs the limit
Synonyms of hustler

bootstrapper, go-ahead, go-getter, highflier (or highflyer), hummer, live wire, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter
Words Related to hustler

eager beaver

achiever, comer, doer, enterpriser

he-man, individualist
Near Antonyms of hustler

dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, putterer, trifler

goldbrick, malingerer, procrastinator, shirker, slacker

drone, lazybones, sluggard

dallier, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud

ignorer, ne'er-do-well, neglecter

daydreamer, dreamer

dropout, quitter

Learn More about hustler

  1. Nglish: Translation of hustler for Spanish speakers

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