Entry Word: conquer

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to bring under oneʼs control by force of arms <before his final defeat, Napoleon had managed to conquer much of Europe>

Synonyms dominate, overpower, subdue, subject, subjugate, vanquish

Related Words beat, crush, defeat, drub, lick, mow (down), rout, smash, thrash, trounce; enslave; break, put down, quell, suppress

Near Antonyms emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, release

2 to achieve a victory over <love conquers all, or so romance novels would have us believe> — see beat 2
3 to achieve victory (as in a contest) <a coach who demands that his team conquer, whatever the cost> — see win 1