pushover
noun/ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/
Etymology A deverbal from push over. First use appears c. 1891 in the Galveston Daily News.
1
Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply.
- I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.
- “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:
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.
3
Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.
- Synonyms
- little girl, mollusc, nose of wax, nestle-cock, softy, wuss
- Derived terms
- pushoverness
- Related terms
- cave, cave in, give in, pullover, turn the other cheek