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Definition
- : the act or process of conquering
- : a person someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially sexual relationship with
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
dominating domination overpowering subduing subjecting subjection subjugating subjugation vanquishingExamples
- //tales of the ancient army's conquests
- //She was one of his many conquests.
- //people who boast about their sexual conquests
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirereconquest
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- 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 centurySynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms
conquest
Definition
- : the act or process of conquering
- : a person someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially sexual relationship with
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
dominating domination overpowering subduing subjecting subjection subjugating subjugation vanquishingExamples
- //tales of the ancient army's conquests
- //She was one of his many conquests.
- //people who boast about their sexual conquests
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirereconquest
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- 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 centurySynonymsRelated WordsNear Antonyms