# pusher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpʊʃə/ · frequency rank #31,721

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that pushes.
2. A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
3. A girl or woman.
4. A drug dealer.
5. An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
6. A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
7. A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
8. A tolkach.
9. Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
10. A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
11. Synonym of toolpusher.

## Etymology
From push + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **pushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pusher-vs-pushy)
- **putter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pusher-vs-putter)
- **pushover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pusher-vs-pushover)
- **push** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/push-vs-pusher)
- **poser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-pusher)
- **pushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pushed-vs-pusher)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-pusher)
- **passer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pusher)
- **punter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punter-vs-pusher)
- **Posner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posner-vs-pusher)
- **puffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffer-vs-pusher)
- **puller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puller-vs-pusher)
- **pester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pester-vs-pusher)
- **punisher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punisher-vs-pusher)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ppusher`, `psuher`, `puhser`, `pusehr`, `pusherr`, `pushher`, `pushre`, `pussher`, `upsher`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pusher