pushover

English

Etymology

Deverbal from push over; US 1906 of things, 1926 of people (bad boxers and easy women),[1] popularized by Jack Conway of Variety.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

pushover (plural pushovers)

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply.
I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.
Someone who lets him/herself be picked or bullied on without defending or standing up for him/herself.
Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.

Synonyms

(someone who is easily swayed or influenced): little girl, mollusc, nose of wax
(someone who lets him/herself be picked-on or bullied): nestle-cock, softy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Derived terms

pushoverness

Translations

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply

Bulgarian: балама (bg) m (balama)
Czech: slaboch m
Esperanto: cedemulo
Galician: pusilánime (gl), apoucado m, apoucada f, minguado m, minguada f, coitado (gl) m, coitada f, influenciábel (gl)
German: Schwächling (de) m, Umfaller m
Hungarian: palimadár (hu), balek (hu), könnyen befolyásol ható ember
Portuguese: influenciável (pt)
Russian: проста́к (ru) m (prosták), простофи́ля (ru) m or f (prostofílja)
Spanish: influenciable

Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself

Galician: pusilánime (gl), papamoscas (gl), paiolo (gl), pailán
German: Weichei (de) n
Hungarian: balek (hu), mamlasz (hu)
Italian: merlo (it), pollo (it), smidollato (it), pappa molle, pappamolle, rammollito (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), cortigiano (it), mollusco (it), vigliacco (it), pusillanime (it), eunuco (it), debole (it) m, mammoletta, coniglio (it)
Korean: 호구 (ko) (hogu)
Polish: popychadło (pl)
Portuguese: bobo (pt) m, coitado (pt) m, covarde (pt), fraco (pt) m, frouxo (pt) m, molenga (pt), pusilânime (pt)
Russian: слаба́к (ru) m (slabák)

See also

cave
cave in
give in
pullover
turn the other cheek
Appendix:Words from Variety

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “pushover”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

overpush

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