PUSHOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pushover mean? 

• PUSHOVER (noun)
  The noun PUSHOVER has 2 senses:

1. someone who is easily taken advantage of

2. any undertaking that is easy to do

  Familiarity information: PUSHOVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSHOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is easily taken advantage of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pushover" is a kind of...):

flunkey; flunky; stooge; yes-man (a person of unquestioning obedience)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any undertaking that is easy to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breeze; child's play; cinch; duck soup; picnic; piece of cake; pushover; snap; walkover

Context example:

marketing this product will be no picnic

Hypernyms ("pushover" is a kind of...):

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pushover"):

doddle (an easy task)