Synonyms of prostitutes

prostitutes 1 of 2

noun

plural of prostitute

as in hookers

a woman who engages in sexual activities for money

was caught procuring the services of a prostitute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hookers
• courtesans
• streetwalkers
• bawds
• tarts
• sex workers
• madams
• hustlers
• call girls
• drabs
• women of the street
• madames
• cocottes
• tramps
• sirens
• floozies
• hussies
• libertines
• temptresses
• flirts
• tempters
• coquettes
• vamps
• chippies
• wenches
• minxes
• jades
• doxies

prostitutes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of prostitute

1

as in perverts

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perverts
• corrupts
• debauches
• poisons
• degrades
• humiliates
• deteriorates
• subverts
• weakens
• damages
• debases
• ruins
• demeans
• depraves
• destroys
• disgraces
• abases
• mars
• dilutes
• profanes
• demoralizes
• vitiates
• taints
• bastardizes
• cheapens
• cankers
• lessens
• warps
• shames
• contaminates
• pollutes
• hurts
• harms
• dirties
• wrecks
• waters down
• thins
• flaws
• spoils
• humbles
• defiles
• stains
• impairs
• dishonors
• begrimes
• tarnishes
• befouls
• descends
• takes down
• defaces
• depreciates
• downgrades
• blemishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ennobles
• honors
• uplifts
• dignifies
• improves
• elevates
• exalts
• enhances
• betters
• amends
• enriches
• cleans
• respects
• perfects
• ameliorates
• restores
• clarifies
• cleanses
• purifies
• meliorates
• refines

2

as in abuses

to put to a bad or improper use

urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abuses
• misuses
• perverts
• misapplies
• profanes
• misemploys
• corrupts
• degrades
• twists
• mismanages
• desecrates
• debases

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• applies
• employs
• utilizes
• respects

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prostitutes

Noun

Brought to Spain, the Colombian prostitutes are required to work off a debt run up by not only the airfare but much more. — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

The mayor is missing, the mafia is involved, a mad scientist rules the basement and all the prostitutes are vampires. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Instead of collectivity, there is a certain kind of animal community, or one that the poems’ speakers—children, old men, drunks, prostitutes—often stand apart from. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

They were all also alleged to have been prostitutes, though recent scholarship has challenged that assertion. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

His guilty plea comes less than a month after another Penn Track pimp, Omari Scott, 45, got a 50-year sentence for ordering the murder of a rival who tried to poach one of his prostitutes. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Blea also allegedly wrote online about wanting to kill prostitutes and bury them in the desert, according to 8 News Now and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing prosecutors and investigators, respectively. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Sickert is showcased here for both his impressionistic instincts and his portrayal of previously taboo art subjects such as prostitutes and the impoverished. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026