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/ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/
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Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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any undertaking that is easy to do
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
marketing this product will be no picnic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, walkover, piece of cake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: undertaking, project, task, labor
Narrower terms: doddle
someone who is easily taken advantage of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man
A deverbal from push over. First use appears c. 1891 in the Galveston Daily News.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
балама
(balama)
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Czech :
slaboch
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Esperanto :
cedemulo
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
pusilánime
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
apoucado
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
apoucada
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
minguado
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
minguada
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
coitado
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
coitada
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
influenciábel
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
German :
Schwächling
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
German :
Umfaller
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Hungarian :
palimadár
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Hungarian :
balek
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Hungarian :
könnyen befolyásolható ember
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Polish :
naiwniak
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Polish :
naiwniaczka
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Polish :
frajer
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Polish :
frajerka
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Portuguese :
influenciável
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Russian :
проста́к
(prosták)
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Russian :
простофи́ля
(prostofílja)
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Spanish :
títere
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Spanish :
marioneta
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Spanish :
monigote
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Spanish :
pelele
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Spanish :
muñeco
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Spanish :
pusilánime
— Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
Galician :
pusilánime
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Galician :
papamoscas
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Galician :
paiolo
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Galician :
pailán
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
German :
Weichei
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Hungarian :
balek
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Hungarian :
mamlasz
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
merlo
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
pollo
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
smidollato
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
pappa molle
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
pappamolle
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
rammollito
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
fifone
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
codardo
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
cortigiano
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
mollusco
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
vigliacco
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
pusillanime
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
eunuco
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
debole
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
mammoletta
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Italian :
coniglio
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Korean :
호구
(hogu)
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Polish :
popychadło
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
bobo
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
coitado
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
covarde
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
fraco
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
frouxo
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
molenga
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Portuguese :
pusilânime
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Russian :
слаба́к
(slabák)
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Turkish :
ezik
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied
Turkish :
pısırık
— Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied