pushover en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/
- (US) audio
Etymology
A deverbal from push over. First use appears c. 1891 in the Galveston Daily News.
Meanings
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Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply.
“His [Helmut Newton's] women are strong and powerful, definitely not pushovers,” he says.
2024 May 4, Melanie Gerlies, quoting Simon de Pury, “New claimant to €35 mn Klimt emerges”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.
- Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.
- Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pushovers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
cave in · turn the other cheek · give in · cave · pullover
Synonyms
softy · little girl (someone who is easily swayed or influenced) · nestle-cock (someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · wuss · nose of wax (someone who is easily swayed or influenced) · mollusc (someone who is easily swayed or influenced)
Translations (65)
gl influenciábel (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · es muñeco (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it rammollito (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · ru простофи́ля (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · es marioneta (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it mammoletta (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it smidollato (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it pollo (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pl frajerka (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · gl minguada (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · gl minguado (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · ko 호구 (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · gl apoucado (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · de Umfaller (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · gl pusilánime (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · hu könnyen befolyásolható ember (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · pt fraco (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · gl pusilánime (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · de Schwächling (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · pt covarde (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · gl coitado (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it pappamolle (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it pusillanime (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pt pusilânime (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · hu balek (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pt coitado (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · cs slaboch (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · es pelele (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · pt influenciável (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · he פראייר (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it merlo (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it vigliacco (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pt molenga (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · hu palimadár (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · bg балама (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it debole (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pl naiwniak (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it eunuco (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it pappa molle (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · ru проста́к (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it codardo (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · tr pısırık (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · tr ezik (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pl frajer (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · gl pailán (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · gl paiolo (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · es títere (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · de Weichei (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it coniglio (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · hu mamlasz (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it cortigiano (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pl naiwniaczka (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · pt frouxo (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · es pusilánime (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · hu balek (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · ru слаба́к (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · gl coitada (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · gl papamoscas (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · gl apoucada (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · it fifone (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pl popychadło (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · pt bobo (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · it mollusco (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied) · es monigote (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply) · eo cedemulo (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply)