prostitutenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɒs.tɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈprɑː.stə.tuːt/C1 a person who has sex with someone for money
Examples
- She sued the paper for damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute.
- She accused him of having phone sex with prostitutes while she was away on business trips.
- I noticed a couple of prostitutes plying for business on the corner.
prostituteverb [ T ]
uk/ˈprɒs.tɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈprɑː.stə.tuːt/formal disapprovingto use yourself or your abilities or beliefs in a way that does not deserve respect, especially in order to get money:
Some critics say he prostituted his musical skills by going into pop rather than staying with classical music.
He went to work in Hollywood and was accused of prostituting himself.
prostitute yourself formal
to have sex for money
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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