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

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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
• overwhelming
• annihilating
• skunking
• scoring
• exceeding
• subjugating
• vanquishing
• excelling
• whipping
• flattening
• knocking for a loop
• overthrowing
• upsetting
• flourishing
• bombing
• trouncing
• 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

After not allowing any home runs in back-to-back starts against the Colorado Rockies, even conquering Coors Field’s hitter-friendly park, Imanaga surrendered three in Wednesday’s Game 2 win over the New York Mets. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Olivia Rodrigo Finally Hits the Downloads Chart’s Summit Rodrigo has come very close to conquering the Official Album Downloads chart in the past, but her first two studio LPs missed the throne by just one space. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely aquatic tadpoles and then metamorphosing into terrestrial adults. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

This T-shirt dress is made from a blend of polyester, rayon, and spandex, which not only results in a buttery-soft texture, but also a lightweight feel perfect for conquering the harsh summer heat. — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 23 June 2026

Cholula This nearby city is part of the metropolitan area of Puebla and home to an ancient pyramid, which the Spanish eventually built a church on top of after brutally conquering the area. — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026

The most recent Low Carb Cruise featured a talk by an oncologist about diets and cancer, one by a cardiologist about metabolic and heart health and another by an internal medicine physician on conquering food addiction. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026

Not content with pioneering a whole new video format in North America through the ReelShort microdrama platform, Crazy Maple Studio founder and CEO Joey Jia now has his sights set on conquering Asia. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 June 2026

This was Maserati‘s all-conquering factory race car of the mid-1950s and, unquestionably, one of the most beautiful ever built. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 15 June 2026