Thesaurus results for HOOKER

hooker

noun

ˈhu̇-kər

Definition of hooker

informal + disapproving

as in sex worker

a woman who engages in sexual activities for money went undercover pretending to be a hooker as part of a sting operation

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Recent Examples of hooker The trope of the hooker-in-the-dumpster is as old as TV itself. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026 Hayley — who turns out to be a hooker who does secretarial admin on the side and not an executive assistant who occasionally threesomes — is extorting him for $750,000. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026 Well, yes, there were also hookers and tequila girls and whatever else was going on in those offices. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025 Three other Scottish squad reinforcements -- lock Gregor Brown, hooker Ewan Ashman and prop Rory Sutherland -- were named on the bench. — Nick Mulvenney, Reuters, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hooker

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prostitute

Noun

And in Steinbeck’s original telling, Cathy — the most beloved patricidal, baby-abandoning prostitute in literature — is simply born that way.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
Going hunting for a prostitute in a trailer park wasn't the smartest thing San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York ever did and the NFL on Friday fined and suspended him for it.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026