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Prostitute

To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

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Narrower term 8

Ho 76% connected

Who.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hoe 76% connected

A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hooker 76% connected

One who, or that which, hooks.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hussy 76% connected

A housewife or housekeeper.

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Slattern 76% connected

A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

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Slut 76% connected

An untidy woman; a slattern.

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Streetwalker 76% connected

A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

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Trollop 76% connected

A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.

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Broader term 2

Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Bawdy 74% connected

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bawdy 74% connected

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cyprian 74% connected

Belonging to Cyprus.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cyprian 74% connected

Belonging to Cyprus.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Harlotry 74% connected

Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Harlotry 74% connected

Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.

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Synonym 5

Bawd 92% connected

A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a wom…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cyprian 92% connected

Belonging to Cyprus.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Harlot 92% connected

A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tart 92% connected

Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whore 92% connected

A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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