whore
Sells sexual services
Whore is a vulgar term for a prostitute, or more broadly, a promiscuous person—usually a woman, and usually meant as an insult.
As a verb, to whore means to work as a prostitute, or to pursue something in a degrading or mercenary way: He whored himself out for the promotion.
The word appears in compounds like attention whore, describing someone who craves notice at any cost.
One who sells sex
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
- scarlet letterMark of public shame
- streetwalkerOne who solicits outdoors
- fallen womanMorally disgraced female
jezebel · outcast · pariah · shame · disgrace · infamy · disrepute · ostracism
Illegal transport for profit
- pimpProstitution manager
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- povertySevere lack of resources
desperation · abuse · manipulation · control · brothel · red-light district · vice · john
Provider of paid intimacy
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- agencyPower to act
- destigmatizationRemoving social shame
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
decriminalization · advocacy · autonomy · choice · labor · activism · solidarity · pride
prostitute
One who sells sex
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
- scarlet letterMark of public shame
- streetwalkerOne who solicits outdoors
fallen woman · jezebel · outcast · pariah · shame · disgrace · infamy · disrepute · ostracism · marginalization
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- pimpProstitution manager
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
poverty · desperation · abuse · manipulation · control · brothel · red-light district · vice · john · solicitation
sex worker
Provider of paid intimacy
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- agencyPower to act
- destigmatizationRemoving social shame
rights · decriminalization · advocacy · autonomy · choice · labor · activism · solidarity · pride · self-determination
whorewife
Female marriage partner
lover · girlfriend · spouse · partner · sweetheart
- attention whoreOne who craves notice
- man whorePromiscuous male, crudely
- crack whoreOne exchanging sex for drugs
- whore outExploit something shamelessly
- whore aroundBe casually promiscuous
- media whorePerson desperate for coverage