Synonyms for pushover
Most common
child's play walk-over snap piece of cake little girl weakling
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Child's play
child's play, walk-over, snap, piece of cake, breeze, cinch, picnic, duck soup
2. Nose of wax — someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply
little girl, mollusk US, mollusc UK, nose of wax dated
3. Weakling
weakling, softie, wuss, milquetoast informal, pansy, nestle-cock UK, milksop, namby-pamby, sissy, pantywaist informal
Other
Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. 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.
- n. 3
Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.
Forms
- Plural
- pushovers → walk-overs, snaps, breezes, cinches…
Example sentences
- mollusk This invading species of mollusk has no natural predator in America.
- weakling Adam is a weakling. He couldn't even lift my dog!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pushover | rising | |
| mollusk | falling | |
| weakling | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- snap1, wuss1
- 5 letters
- sissy2, pansy2, cinch1
- 6 letters
- breeze1, picnic2, softie
- 7 letters
- mollusk2, mollusc, milksop
- 8 letters
- weakling2
- 10 letters
- pantywaist
- 11 letters
- milquetoast
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sissy2 = 2 syllables).