Synonyms of hustler

hustler

noun

ˈhə-slər 

1

as in prostitute

a woman who engages in sexual activities for money

policemen kept the street clean of hustlers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prostitute
• hooker
• streetwalker
• courtesan
• bawd
• madam
• sex worker
• call girl
• madame
• woman of the street
• tart
• drab
• cocotte
• floozy
• hussy
• libertine
• minx
• siren
• temptress
• tramp
• coquette
• flirt
• tempter
• chippie
• jade
• vamp
• doxy

2

as in powerhouse

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler, the sky's the limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powerhouse
• go-getter
• self-starter
• enterpriser
• highflier
• achiever
• bootstrapper
• hummer
• live wire
• go-ahead
• doer
• individualist
• eager beaver
• comer
• he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idler
• loafer
• slacker
• trifler
• dawdler
• shirker
• lounger
• malingerer
• procrastinator
• drone
• goldbrick
• sluggard
• dreamer
• loiterer
• lazybones
• laggard
• putterer
• lingerer
• dropout
• slowpoke
• daydreamer
• quitter
• stick-in-the-mud
• ignorer
• dallier
• neglecter
• ne'er-do-well

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hustler

Chess, church and barbecue Oden had a reputation as a chess hustler. — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

The beloved Christmas film found Murphy's street hustler Billy Ray and Aykroyd's wealthy businessman Louis swapping lives as a result of a nature versus nurture bet between Louis' bosses. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 31 May 2026

Zulfi is an iconoclast and a hustler, a man who dreams of opening a Muslims-only version of Uber and who, even in the face of Shah’s elitism and English society’s broader wariness, holds onto an unshakable optimism. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026

There also appears to have been no oversight at the Palmetto State Bank, where Murdaugh’s embezzlement co-conspirator Russell Laffitte shuffled their victims’ money around like a street hustler running a three-card-monte table. — James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026