brothel
14 synonyms for brothel, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A house where people pay for sex with prostitutes.
Synonyms
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Rare, literary or technical
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bagnio
bawdy house
bawdyhouse
brothel house
cat house
cat-house
common house
escort agency
leaping-house
hookshop
prostibule
riding academy
wapping ken
Etymology
Originally "brothel-house", combining an old word for a disreputable person with "house" — the sense narrowed over time to mean specifically a house of prostitution.
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