Antonyms for conquer
ˈkɒŋ kərcon·quer

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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.

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

   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

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1. conquer

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Defeat
   • Take Over

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 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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1. conquerverb

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

How to use conquer in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Franklin:

   Energy and persistence conquer all thing.

2. Heinrich Heine:

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

3. Nansel Larson:

   Spirit fight do not require population to conquer.

4. Christopher A. McDonald:

   To police is not to conquer, to police is to remind people there are rules that if followed benefit all.

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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