Thesaurus:pimp

Thesaurus

pimp

English

Noun

Sense: a man who manages prostitutes

Synonyms

• abbot (UK, archaic, slang)
• bludger (obsolete, Australia, slang)
• bully
• cock-bawd (obsolete)
• dalaal (India)
• fishmonger (archaic)
• flashman (obsolete)
• fleshmonger (archaic)
• hoon (dated, Australia, slang)
• hustler
• mackerel (obsolete)
• mack (slang)
• mack daddy (US, slang)
• muttonmonger (obsolete)
• nookie-bookie (slang)
• pandar (obsolete)
• pimp
• purveyor (obsolete)
• pussymonger (rare, slang)
• ruffian (obsolete)
• souteneur
• sweetman (AAVE, dated)
• whoreman (informal)
• whoremaster
• whoremonger

Hyponyms

• croziered abbot (archaic, UK, slang)
•   —
• gorilla pimp (slang)
•   —
• superpimp (slang)
•   —
• bawd (archaic)
• brothel-keeper
•   —
• fancy man (UK slang)
• ponce (UK)

Hypernyms

• pander
• panderer
• procurer

Holonyms

• pimpdom

Various

• trafficker
• white slaver

See also

• Thesaurus:prostitute
• Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Further reading

• “962. libertine” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “pimp” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.