Conquering Synonyms and Antonyms

Relating to, having the nature of, or experiencing triumph
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. victorious
  2. triumphant
  3. winning
  4. triumphal
  5. dominating
Take possession of by force, as after an invasion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. vanquishing
  2. defeating
  3. winning
  4. licking
  5. overcoming
  6. whipping
  7. surmounting
  8. subjugating
  9. subduing
  10. routing
  11. succeeding
  12. curbing
  13. seizing
  14. ace
  15. triumphing
  16. mastering
  17. taming
  18. trimming
  19. worsting
  20. prevailing
  21. overthrowing
  22. overpowering
  23. besting
  24. occupying
  25. capturing
  26. humbling
  27. beating
  28. downing
  29. inhibiting
  30. daunting
  31. crushing
  32. creaming
  33. clobbering
  34. checkmating
  35. annexing
  36. acquiring
  37. appropriating
  38. achieving
  39. suppressing
Antonyms:
  1. failing
  2. losing
  3. retreating
  4. succumbing
  5. yielding
  6. surrendering
Winning; obtain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overcoming
  2. capturing
  3. surmounting
Antonyms:
  1. surrendering
  2. forfeiting
  3. losing
To defeat in war:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defeating
The act of conquering
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. conquest
  2. subjection
  3. subjugation

Conquering Sentence Examples

  • His success in conquering Sicily earned him the surname of "the Great."

  • An army gains a victory, and at once the rights of the conquering nation have increased to the detriment of the defeated.

  • What boy doesn't dream of conquering the world?

  • The conquering Turks followed in their footsteps (560-580).

  • As the British fleet had abandoned the Mediterranean since November 1796 and had recently been disorganized by two serious mutinies, Bonaparte's plan of conquering Egypt was .by no means so rash as has sometimes been represented.

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