| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat, victory |
Synonyms: |
acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win, clean sweep, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win |
Antonyms: |
failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment; person enchanted |
Synonyms: |
acquisition, adherent, admirer, captivation, catch, enthrallment, enticement, fan, feather in cap, follower, prize, seduction, supporter, worshiper |
| Main Entry: | achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something completed successfully; goal reached |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory |
Antonyms: |
defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overthrow, beating |
Synonyms: |
KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
Antonyms: |
conquest, success, triumph, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | disarmament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction of weapons |
Synonyms: |
arms limitation, arms reduction, conquest, crippling, de-escalation, demilitarization, demobilization, disablement, disqualification, freeze, neutralizing, occupation, pacification, paralyzing, rendering powerless, subjugation |
Antonyms: |
arming, buildup |
| Main Entry: | discomfiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment, frustration |
Synonyms: |
abashment, agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeasance, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, unease, uneasiness, upset, vanquishment, vexation |
Antonyms: |
surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | feat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory |
Antonyms: |
failure, idleness, inaction |
| Main Entry: | landslide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great victory |
Synonyms: |
advantage, clean sweep, conquest, defeat, grand slam, killing*, overthrow, superiority, sweep, triumph, win |
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure, takeover |
Synonyms: |
attack, capture, conquest, entering, foreign rule, invasion, subjugation |
Antonyms: |
giving up, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal; best |
Synonyms: |
aim, ambition, choice, conquest, cream*, desire, elite, fat, flower*, gain, gold*, hope, pick, pride, prime, top* |