Pushover

Pushover is a noun and informal adjective used to describe a person who is easily influenced, manipulated, or overwhelmed by others' demands. A person described as a pushover tends to yield easily in negotiations, relationships, or daily interactions, sometimes due to reluctance to argue or to avoid conflict. The term can imply gullibility or a lack of assertiveness, and it is often used in admonitions to encourage firmer boundaries. The phrase it’s a pushover is used to describe something that is easily accomplished or obtained, such as a task, problem, or argument.

The word derives from the literal sense of something that can be pushed over, with the figurative extension to people or situations that can be “pushed” into yielding. It has been in colloquial use since at least the mid-20th century in American English and is common in informal speech.

Besides people, pushover can describe a target or situation that is easy to approach or defeat, such as a “pushover opponent” in games or a “pushover sale” in which the price is easily secured.

Pushover is also the name of a push notification service that delivers real-time messages to devices such as iPhone, Android, and desktops. It provides an API that developers can use to send alerts and notifications to subscribed users. The service supports features like cross-platform delivery, message prioritization, and integration with other tools and monitoring systems. It is used by individuals and organizations to receive timely updates from applications, scripts, or servers.