Synonyms of conquest

conquest

noun

ˈkän-ˌkwest 

as in domination

the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control

the conquest of much of North and South America by the Spanish during the 16th century

Synonyms & Similar Words

• domination
• dominating
• subjugation
• subjection
• takeover
• victory
• subduing
• subjugating
• vanquishing
• subjecting
• defeat
• overpowering
• triumph
• winning
• win
• enslavement
• whipping
• trimming
• licking
• drubbing
• beating
• trouncing
• shellacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberation
• emancipation
• release
• freeing
• enfranchisement
• manumission

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conquest

For the president to be lawfully sworn in on this same site had a feeling of irony, or of conquest. —James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

Hieronimus said the conquests driving the group’s next chapter will be fueled by L’Oréal’s own science. —Jennifer Weil, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025

The path toward world conquest begins with unlocking the Political Theory Civic and then joining one of the three available Ideologies — Democracy, Fascism, or Communism. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025

Preserving traces of pollen alongside traces of lead, the cores even allowed researchers to track Aegean land management over time, including the removal of forests and the clearing of agricultural fields that occurred in the area after Roman conquest. —Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025