The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

lady of the night or US also evening, fallen or loose woman,
demi-mondaine, cocotte, fille de joie, painted woman, woman of
ill repute, camp-follower, Archaic catamite, Literary hetaera or
hetaira, courtesan or courtezan, Brit rent-boy, toy boy, US boy
toy, Archaic bawd, quean, trull, cotquean, Colloq tart, hustler,
Slang pro, moll, Brit brass, hooker, US bimbo, working girl,
chippy or chippie, roundheels: There was a terrible scandal
when the MP was found to have consorted with prostitutes.
--v. 2 Often, prostitute oneself. degrade, demean, lower,
cheapen, debase, profane, defile, desecrate, pervert, abuse,
misuse, devalue, Colloq sell out: To ward off starvation, he
prostituted his talent by drawing comic strips.
prostitution
n. 1 whoredom, harlotry, the oldest profession, Mrs Warren's
profession, streetwalking, vice: They argued strongly against
the legalization of prostitution, saying that it would lead to a
decline in public morals. 2 degradation, debasement,
profanation, defilement, desecration, misuse, abuse,
devaluation, lowering, perversion, corruption: Don't you regard
pornography as a prostitution of the principle of freedom of
expression?
prostrate v. 1 Usually, prostrate oneself. lie down, kowtow, bow (down),
bow and scrape, grovel, kneel, fall to or on one's knees,
truckle, crawl, cringe, submit, abase oneself: The captives
were forced to prostrate themselves before the emperor. 2
overwhelm, overcome, overpower, crush, lay or bring low,
paralyse, fell, bowl over, floor, bring down, humble, make
helpless, ruin; exhaust, fatigue, weary, wear down or out, tire
(out): They were prostrated by grief at the loss of their son.
Having been prostrated for months by glandular fever, she
finally recovered and returned to work.
--adj. 3 prone, horizontal, lying down, laid low, stretched
out, procumbent, recumbent, Formal or technical accumbent,
decumbent: The prostrate bodies of the worshippers in their
multicoloured garb resembled a huge patchwork quilt. 4
overwhelmed, overcome, overpowered, crushed, brought or laid
low, paralysed, felled, bowled over, brought down, humbled,
helpless, ruined, brought to one's knees, powerless, impotent,
defenceless, disarmed, Colloq floored: She was prostrate at the