Synonyms of pimping

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adjective

ˈpim-pən 

as in nominal

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

got paid only a pimping amount of money as a reporter for a small newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nominal
• slight
• petty
• piddling
• tiny
• Mickey Mouse
• negligible
• trivial
• trifling
• chicken
• footling
• niggling
• minute
• inconsequential
• insignificant
• paltry
• picayune
• inconsiderable
• no-account
• piddly
• measly
• piffling
• peanut
• de minimis
• little
• small-fry
• inferior
• puny
• pettifogging
• mean
• imperceptible
• inappreciable
• one-horse
• nitpicking
• two-bit
• quibbling
• hairsplitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• important
• considerable
• serious
• big
• significant
• substantial
• material
• outstanding
• prominent
• striking
• conspicuous
• remarkable
• noteworthy
• consequential
• weighty
• pivotal
• appreciable
• measurable
• eventful
• momentous
• discernible

pimping

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verb

present participle of pimp

as in abusing

to take unfair advantage of

a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abusing
• exploiting
• using
• manipulating
• leveraging
• milking
• playing (on or upon)
• imposing (on or upon)
• walking on
• working
• cheating
• capitalizing (on)
• trading on
• cashing in (on)
• mistreating
• fleecing
• sticking
• overcharging
• bleeding
• soaking
• commercializing
• skinning
• jerking around
• commodifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pimping

Verb

Dennis, 32, was sentenced to six years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the pimping charge, court records show. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 June 2026

With a focus on combating prostitution, pimping, pandering, and human trafficking impacting the downtown area, officers with the San Bernardino Police Department served a search warrant on April 29 at the motel. — Zach Boetto, CBS News, 2 May 2026

Dquanzie Blackmon was charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering and remains jailed in lieu of $300,000 bail, court records show. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026

Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret. — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026

Mays faces 11 charges, including pimping, possession of automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines, and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to sell. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026

Armstrong has been charged by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit with single counts of human trafficking of a minor, pimping a minor over the age of 16 years and pandering with a minor over 16 years old — all felonies. — City News Service, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026

Those arrested during the operation include four men charged with pimping, pandering and violating a protective order, who face anywhere between six and 20 years in prison if convicted, according to the District Attorney’s Office. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025