Antonyms for conquest
ˈkɒn kwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-con·quest

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1. conquest

   Victory is the state resulting from the overcoming of an opponent or opponents in any contest, or from the overcoming of difficulties, obstacles, evils, etc., considered as opponents or enemies. In the latter sense any hard-won achievement, advantage, or success may be termed a victory. In conquest and mastery there is implied a permanence of state that is not implied in victory. Triumph, originally denoting the public rejoicing in honor of a victory, has come to signify also a peculiarly exultant, complete, and glorious victory. Compare CONQUER.

   Antonyms:
   defeat, destruction, disappointment, disaster, failure, frustration, miscarriage, overthrow, retreat, rout

   Synonyms:
   achievement, advantage, mastery, success, supremacy, triumph, victory

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1. conquest

   Antonyms:
   failure, defeat, retreat, surrender, forfeiture, submission, discomfiture

   Synonyms:
   victory, triumph, overthrow, discomfiture, subjugation

Matched Categories

1. • Capture
   • Success

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugationnoun

   the act of conquering

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, conquering, subjection, oppression, seduction

2. conquestnoun

   success in mastering something difficult

   "the conquest of space"

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, conquering, subjection, seduction

3. seduction, conquestnoun

   an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, conquering, subjection, seduction

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1. conquestnoun

   Synonyms:
   subjection, subjugation, victory, mastery, triumph, reduction, overthrow, rout

How to use conquest in a sentence?

1. Rod Serling:

   The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

2. Toumba Mohamed:

   Our objective is the conquest of territory and the elimination of targets, so it's good to grind down the enemy in front of us.

3. Joseph P. Thompson:

   Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

4. Defne Bayrak:

   People said Islamic State accused people of being infidels, hanged and killed people. I have seen no such thing since my arrival, my God would grant their successors the conquest of Rome.

5. Anne Besant:

   Knowledge is essential to conquest only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.

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