1
as in coward
a person without strength of character
pushovers who are afraid to discipline their little spoiled brat
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2
as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
scam artists mistakenly thinking that these farm families would be pushovers
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as in breeze
something that is easy to do
though the mountain is not especially high, the climb is very arduous and is definitely not a pushover
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Recent Examples of pushover
No, Florida's defense isn't at Ohio State's level, but the Gators won't be pushovers, either.
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Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 3 Sep. 2025
The Redhawks will be no pushover.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
This doesn't mean being a pushover.
—Vipin Thomas, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Glen/Glenda can be a bit of a pushover, but push too much and that sharp edge will surface fast enough to slice an artery.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 28 June 2025
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Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 3 Sep. 2025
The Redhawks will be no pushover.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
This doesn't mean being a pushover.
—Vipin Thomas, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Glen/Glenda can be a bit of a pushover, but push too much and that sharp edge will surface fast enough to slice an artery.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushover
Noun
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We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Punk then made his entrance to confront Lynch, calling Rollins a coward for hiding behind his wife.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The team in green silenced a sea of red and white with a sucker-punch of a goal from a set-play.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The piano pop legend is a sucker for things that go bling, but his latest pieces are not for the faint of heart.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
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The idea behind the Tumbleweed project is to design large-scale, low-cost robotic rovers that can cover great swathes of the Martian surface while driven purely by the breeze.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The cuffed pants and the knee-length cardigan offer enough coverage to stay cozy against a cool breeze.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This pretty doormat is crafted with natural coconut coir material, which adds some warmth as well as character to the entryway.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
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The mighty Mariners, who mashed five solo home runs at raucous T-Mobile Park, clinched their title by drubbing Major League Baseball’s doormat, aka the Colorado Rockies, 9-2.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
25 Sep. 2025
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Slightly, meanwhile, targets Joe as his patsy to smuggle a Xenomorph embryo out of Prodigy, still resentful that Wendy’s family is here safely while his mother is far away and being threatened by Morrow.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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He was often portrayed as a DOGE patsy, perhaps even a fool.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Under the stars, hundreds gather on blankets and folding chairs, some with picnic baskets and bottles of wine, others as passersby who stop, captivated by the 7,000-square-foot screen lighting up the New World Center.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, the man responsible for all of this is a mild-mannered British Unitarian who loves model trains and folk music, and recently celebrated his seventieth birthday with a picnic on a Welsh mountain.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management said in a statement that 77 victims were taken to hospitals for treatment.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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To Dan Gilleon, who represented many of Fischer’s victims in civil court, those cases are evidence of how much higher the true public costs of litigation against the county are.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Pushover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushover. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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