tramp

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of TRAMP

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living <the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter>

Synonyms bindle stiff, bum, bummer, hobo, sundowner [Australian], swaggie [chiefly Australian], swagman [chiefly Australian], vagabond, vagrant

a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman <no daughter of hers was going to go to the dance dressed like a tramp>

Synonyms bimbo [slang], chippie (also chippy), doxy (also doxie), fancy woman, hoochie [slang], hussy, Jezebel, minx, quean, slut, tramp, trollop, wench, whore

Related Words siren, temptress, vamp; grisette, harlot, prostitute, trull

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