"pushover" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-pushover.ogg Forms: pushovers [plural]
Etymology: A deverbal from push over. First use appears c. 1891 in the Galveston Daily News. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|push over|nocap=1}} deverbal from push over Head templates: {{en-noun}} pushover (plural pushovers)
  1. Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (someone who is easily swayed or influenced): little girl, mollusc, nose of wax Translations (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply): балама (balama) [masculine] (Bulgarian), slaboch [masculine] (Czech), cedemulo (Esperanto), pusilánime (Galician), apoucado [masculine] (Galician), apoucada [feminine] (Galician), minguado [masculine] (Galician), minguada [feminine] (Galician), coitado [masculine] (Galician), coitada [feminine] (Galician), influenciábel (Galician), Schwächling [masculine] (German), Umfaller [masculine] (German), palimadár (Hungarian), balek (Hungarian), könnyen befolyásolható ember (Hungarian), influenciável (Portuguese), проста́к (prosták) [masculine] (Russian), простофи́ля (prostofílja) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), influenciable (Spanish), títere [masculine] (Spanish), marioneta [feminine] (Spanish), monigote [masculine] (Spanish), pelele [masculine] (Spanish), muñeco [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pushover-en-noun-HgiWJJEB Disambiguation of People: 72 28 0 Disambiguation of 'someone who is easily swayed or influenced': 75 23 2 Disambiguation of 'Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply': 87 11 1
  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. Synonyms (someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied): nestle-cock Translations (Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied): pusilánime (Galician), papamoscas (Galician), paiolo (Galician), pailán (Galician), Weichei [neuter] (German), balek (Hungarian), mamlasz (Hungarian), merlo (Italian), pollo (Italian), smidollato (Italian), pappa molle (Italian), pappamolle (Italian), rammollito (Italian), fifone (Italian), codardo (Italian), cortigiano (Italian), mollusco (Italian), vigliacco (Italian), pusillanime (Italian), eunuco (Italian), debole [masculine] (Italian), mammoletta (Italian), coniglio (Italian), 호구 (hogu) (Korean), popychadło (Polish), bobo [masculine] (Portuguese), coitado [masculine] (Portuguese), covarde (Portuguese), fraco [masculine] (Portuguese), frouxo [masculine] (Portuguese), molenga (Portuguese), pusilânime (Portuguese), слаба́к (slabák) [masculine] (Russian), ezik (Turkish), pısırık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pushover-en-noun-vPi7wyIC Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 68 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 68 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 79 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 82 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 55 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 53 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 60 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 28 53 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 60 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 48 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 28 53 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 50 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 47 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 68 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of 'someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied': 14 83 3 Disambiguation of 'Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied': 16 82 3
  3. Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.
    Sense id: en-pushover-en-noun-jHLPi1ML
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: softy, wuss, milksop Derived forms: pushoverness Related terms: cave, cave in, give in, pullover, turn the other cheek

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
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          "word": "könnyen befolyásolható ember"
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          "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
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          "word": "merlo"
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          "word": "fifone"
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          "word": "codardo"
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          "word": "vigliacco"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slabák",
          "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слаба́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 82 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
          "word": "ezik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 82 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
          "word": "pısırık"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-pushover.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "softy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wuss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "milksop"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Galveston Daily News"
  ],
  "word": "pushover"
}
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    "English deverbals",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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    {
      "word": "pushoverness"
    }
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "cave"
    },
    {
      "word": "cave in"
    },
    {
      "word": "give in"
    },
    {
      "word": "pullover"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn the other cheek"
    }
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 4, Melanie Gerlies, quoting Simon de Pury, “New claimant to €35 mn Klimt emerges”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 18:",
          "text": "“His [Helmut Newton's] women are strong and powerful, definitely not pushovers,” he says.",
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          "influence",
          "influence"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task."
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "someone who is easily swayed or influenced",
      "word": "little girl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "someone who is easily swayed or influenced",
      "word": "mollusc"
    },
    {
      "sense": "someone who is easily swayed or influenced",
      "word": "nose of wax"
    },
    {
      "sense": "someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "nestle-cock"
    },
    {
      "word": "softy"
    },
    {
      "word": "wuss"
    },
    {
      "word": "milksop"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "balama",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "балама"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slaboch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "cedemulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "pusilánime"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apoucado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apoucada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "minguado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minguada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coitado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coitada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "influenciábel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwächling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Umfaller"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "palimadár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "balek"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "könnyen befolyásolható ember"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "influenciável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosták",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проста́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prostofílja",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "простофи́ля"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "word": "influenciable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "títere"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marioneta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monigote"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelele"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muñeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pusilánime"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "papamoscas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "paiolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pailán"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Weichei"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "balek"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "mamlasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "merlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "smidollato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pappa molle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pappamolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "rammollito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "fifone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "codardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "cortigiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "mollusco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "vigliacco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pusillanime"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "eunuco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "mammoletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "coniglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hogu",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "호구"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "popychadło"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coitado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "covarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frouxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "molenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pusilânime"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slabák",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слаба́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "ezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied",
      "word": "pısırık"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Galveston Daily News"
  ],
  "word": "pushover"
}

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