Thesaurus:prostitute oneself

Thesaurus

prostitute oneself

English

Verb

Sense: to perform sexual activity for money; to work as a prostitute

Synonyms

• gill
• hustle
• jazz (dated, US, slang)
• peddle one's ass (vulgar)
• prostitute    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sell one's ass (vulgar)
• sell one's body (idiomatic)
• sell oneself (idiomatic, euphemistic)
• turn a trick (US)
• turn tricks (US)
• whore

Antonyms

• pimp out    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• manwhore (rare)
• stroll (slang)
• work nights (euphemistic, idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• copulate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• harlotize    [⇒ thesaurus]
• work    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• hack
• importune
• put on the red light (idiomatic)
• solicit
• in the racket
• on the bash
• on the beat
• on the game
• on the turf

See also

• Thesaurus:brothel
• Thesaurus:pimp
• Thesaurus:prostitute
• Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Further reading

• “910. improbity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “961. impurity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “prostitute oneself” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.