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The only noun I'd consider appropriate here is doormat, in the modern metaphorical usage, which 'feels' less dated† to me:

doormat [noun]

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[2] a submissive person who allows others to dominate them.

  • to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat_

[ODE; courtesy of Google.]

Other synonyms, like patsy'patsy' and pushover'pushover', feel also too dated and/or too hypernymic. Though 'doormat' in the metaphorical usage cannot itself claim to be modern†; The Online Etymology Dictionary has it dating from at the latest 1861.

The only noun I'd consider appropriate here is doormat, in the modern metaphorical usage:

doormat [noun]

...

[2] a submissive person who allows others to dominate them.

  • to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat_

[ODE; courtesy of Google.]

Other synonyms, like patsy and pushover, feel also too dated and/or too hypernymic.

The only noun I'd consider appropriate here is doormat, in the metaphorical usage, which 'feels' less dated† to me:

doormat [noun]

...

[2] a submissive person who allows others to dominate them.

  • to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat_

[ODE; courtesy of Google.]

Other synonyms, like 'patsy' and 'pushover', feel also too dated and/or too hypernymic. Though 'doormat' in the metaphorical usage cannot itself claim to be modern†; The Online Etymology Dictionary has it dating from at the latest 1861.

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Edwin Ashworth
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The only noun I'd consider appropriate here is doormat, in the modern metaphorical usage:

doormat [noun]

...

[2] a submissive person who allows others to dominate them.

  • to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat_

[ODE; courtesy of Google.]

Other synonyms, like patsy and pushover, feel also too dated and/or too hypernymic.