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pushover

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P UH1 SH OW2 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who is easily taken advantage of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man

History

Etymology

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