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Synonyms for conquer
ˈkɒŋ kərcon·quer

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. conquer

    To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.

    Synonyms:
    beat, checkmate, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

    Antonyms:
    capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conquer

    Synonyms:
    subdue, vanquish, surmount, overcome, overpower, overthrow, defeat, crush, master, subjugate, prevail over

    Antonyms:
    fail, fall, retreat, succumb, fly, submit, surrender, lose, forfeit, sacrifice, resign, cede

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 2 votes

  1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

    to put down by force or authority

    "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

    Synonyms:
    chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, suppress, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, curb, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, check

  2. appropriate, capture, seize, conquerverb

    take possession of by force, as after an invasion

    "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"

    Synonyms:
    usurp, capture, fascinate, attach, earmark, sequester, beguile, impound, get, allow, captivate, enamour, suppress, trance, confiscate, get hold of, assume, prehend, enamor, take over, becharm, reserve, arrogate, subdue, curb, stamp down, set aside, seize, clutch, entrance, inhibit, charm, appropriate, catch, grab, enchant, bewitch

  3. conquerverb

    overcome by conquest

    "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

    Synonyms:
    curb, subdue, stamp down, inhibit, seize, appropriate, capture, suppress

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. conquerverb

    Synonyms:
    defeat, overpower, down, vanquish, triumph, overthrow, subdue, subjugate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "conquer":

    defeat, win, overcome, vanquish, subjugate, capture, gain

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How to use conquer in a sentence?

  1. Heinrich Heine:

    If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin they would never have found time to conquer the world.

  2. Boris Johnson:

    I would just say to people in the United States that this is something that America historically does and has to do, and that is to step up for peace and freedom and democracy, and if we let Russian President Vladimir Putin get away with it, and just annex, conquer sizable parts of a free, independent, sovereign country, which is what Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to do... then the consequences for the world are absolutely catastrophic.

  3. General Douglas MacArthur:

    Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

  4. Johann von Goethe:

    Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

  5. Tom Carter:

    I drift like a cloud, Across these venerable eastern lands, A journey of unfathomable distances, An endless scroll of experiences... Lady Zhejiang here we must part, For the next province awaits my embrace. Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East, Where do you go?


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