'doormat' definitions:
Definition of 'doormat'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering [syn: doormat, welcome mat]
Definition of 'doormat'
From: GCIDE
- doormat \doormat\ n.
- 1. a mat placed outside and exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering. [WordNet sense 2]
- Syn: welcome mat. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (figurative) A person who is habitually abused, taken advantage of or humiliated; sometimes, one who is physically weak; as, they used him for a doormat. [WordNet sense 1]
- Syn: weakling. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'doormat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baby,
- big baby,
- carpet,
- carpeting,
- chicken,
- crybaby,
- drop cloth,
- duckboards,
- dull tool,
- floorboards,
- flooring,
- ground cloth,
- ground-sheet,
- gutless wonder,
- invertebrate,
- jellyfish,
- lightweight,
- mat,
- meek soul,
- milksop,
- Milquetoast,
- mollycoddle,
- namby-pamby,
- nebbish,
- nonentity,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- pave,
- pavement,
- pushover,
- rug,
- sad sack,
- sissy,
- softling,
- softy,
- sop,
- tiling,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- welcome mat