A pusher, for transferring stitches in a circular hosiery knitting machine, has a shank (2), provided with a lower edge heel (3), and an active upper portion (4) which is suitable to transfer a stitch from one needle to another adjacent needle. The active upper portion has a bend (5) which, when viewed from the side, protrudes from the edge of the shank toward which the heel is directed and is formed by a first curved portion (6), by an intermediate portion (7) and by a rounded step (8); the intermediate portion is diverted to one side with respect to the plane of the shank, and ends, through the rounded step, with a second substantially straight portion (9); the second portion is parallel to the plane of the shank but offset with respect it; the second portion ends with a tip (11) through a third oblique portion (10) which is inclined in the opposite direction with respect to the intermediate portion; the tip protrudes, with respect to the plane of the shank, on the opposite side with respect to the one toward which the intermediate portion is diverted; at the second portion there is a first bevel (12) which allows the pusher, during the descending step, not to interfere with an adjacent pusher of the same fold and in an inactive position.