Synonyms of conquering

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adjective

as in victorious

Related Words

• victorious
• winning
• triumphant
• rejoicing
• jubilant
• exultant
• glorying
• exulting
• crowing
• euphoric
• ecstatic
• proud
• crank
• prideful
• elated
• arrogant
• cocky
• boastful
• cock-a-hoop

Dissimilar Words

• defeated
• depressed
• disconsolate
• downcast
• dispirited
• dejected
• crestfallen

conquering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of conquer

1

as in dominating

to bring under one's control by force of arms

before his final defeat, Napoléon had managed to conquer much of Europe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dominating
• subduing
• subjecting
• defeating
• overcoming
• subjugating
• vanquishing
• enslaving
• reducing
• subordinating
• pacifying
• overpowering
• crushing
• beating
• smashing
• annihilating
• whipping
• licking
• quelling
• suppressing
• routing
• clobbering
• trouncing
• prevailing (over)
• thrashing
• mowing (down)
• repressing
• triumphing (over)
• walloping
• drubbing
• squashing
• silencing
• quashing
• smothering
• squelching
• breaking
• skunking
• cracking down (on)
• clamping down (on)
• putting down
• snuffing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberating
• freeing
• springing
• discharging
• emancipating
• releasing
• enfranchising
• manumitting
• unchaining
• unfettering
• unbinding
• uncaging

2

as in defeating

to achieve a victory over

love conquers all, or so romance novels would have us believe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeating
• overcoming
• mastering
• taking
• beating
• getting
• stopping
• subduing
• dispatching
• surmounting
• succeeding
• licking
• upending
• besting
• trimming
• overmatching
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• overbearing
• triumphing (over)
• getting the better of
• worsting
• getting around
• finishing
• doing down
• crushing
• burying
• sweeping
• slaughtering
• surpassing
• annihilating
• overwhelming
• skunking
• subjugating
• scoring
• vanquishing
• exceeding
• excelling
• whipping
• flattening
• knocking for a loop
• overthrowing
• upsetting
• flourishing
• trouncing
• bombing
• clobbering
• transcending
• routing
• capping
• breaking
• topping
• thrashing
• blowing out
• edging (out)
• creaming
• walloping
• overpowering
• skinning
• blowing away
• outdoing
• smoking
• outshining
• unseating
• eclipsing
• drubbing
• pipping
• waxing
• nosing out
• bettering
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• outfighting
• shellacking
• knocking over
• knocking off
• overtopping
• snowing under
• acing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• failing
• giving up
• collapsing
• folding
• going under
• flopping
• flunking
• washing out

3

as in winning

to achieve victory (as in a contest)

a coach who demands that his team conquer, whatever the cost

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winning
• prevailing
• triumphing
• succeeding
• overcoming
• sweeping
• contending
• kicking butt
• carrying the day
• vying
• squeaking
• romping
• squeezing
• breezing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• failing
• collapsing
• struggling
• folding
• declining
• slipping
• waning
• flopping
• washing out
• floundering
• slumping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conquering

Verb

Before conquering Hollywood, Ali played Division I basketball (standing at six feet four) and released rap albums under the name Prince Ali. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

During the talk, Bardem reflected on a glittering career, from his early life growing up in one of Spain’s most prestigious acting families to winning an Oscar and, this year, finally conquering his fear of the stage. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026

Andersen predicts security concerns will ultimately keep China’s turbine giants from conquering the continent. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

After conquering a country in ruins and containing sectarian strife, Syria’s postrevolutionary government is facing its most serious crisis yet – at the pumps. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026

Carbon dating puts the wall somewhere between 200 BCE and 10 BCE, right around the period when Rome was conquering Gaul. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Social media commentary on Heated Rivalry exploded after the series launch, conquering my Facebook page like no other pop culture phenomenon before it. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

Speaking of those chickens, Schreiber—whose fear of poultry started as a child, when his hippie parents moved the family to a commune in Canada—seems to be successfully conquering this particular anxiety. — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

John Deacon, Queen The members of Queen were magpies who could throw just about anything, from opera to rockabilly, into their world-conquering arena rock. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026