conquest

con·quest

noun
\ˈkän-ˌkwest, ˈkäŋ-; ˈkäŋ-kwəst\

Definition of CONQUEST

1

: the act or process of conquering

2

a : something conquered; especially : territory appropriated in war b : a person whose favor or hand has been won

Examples of CONQUEST

1. tales of the ancient army's conquests
2. She was one of his many conquests.
3. people who boast about their sexual conquests

Origin of CONQUEST

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CONQUEST

Synonyms: dominating, domination, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishing

Related Words: triumph, victory, win, winning; beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping; enslavement; takeover

Near Antonyms: emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release

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Rhymes with CONQUEST

abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West