English noun: prostitute | |||
1. | prostitute (person) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | ||
Synonyms | bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | call girl, camp follower, comfort woman, demimondaine, floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, ianfu, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, white slave | ||
English verb: prostitute | |||
1. | prostitute (social) sell one's body; exchange sex for money | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sell | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | street-walk, streetwalk | ||