conquer

conquer

verb

Definition of CONQUER

1

to bring under one's control by force of arms <before his final defeat, Napoléon had managed to conquer much of Europe>

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

Related Words annihilate, beat, clobber, crush, defeat, drub, lick, mow (down), overcome, prevail (over), reduce, rout, skunk, smash, thrash, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip; enslave; break, clamp down (on), crack down (on), put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, smother, snuff (out), squash, squelch, suppress

Near Antonyms discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

2

to achieve a victory over <love conquers all, or so romance novels would have us believe>

Synonyms best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst

Related Words sweep; edge (out), nose out, pip [British]; annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

Near Antonyms fall, give up, go down, go under; collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out

Antonyms lose (to)

3

to achieve victory (as in a contest) <a coach who demands that his team conquer, whatever the cost>

Synonyms conquer, prevail, triumph

Related Words overcome, sweep; squeak, squeeze; contend, vie; succeed; breeze, romp

Near Antonyms collapse, fail, flop, fold, wash out; flounder, struggle; decline, slip, slump, wane

Antonyms lose