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conquering
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conquering
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | victorious |
| Synonyms: | dominating, successful, triumphant, winning |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; obtain |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, annex, best, master, occupy, overcome, overrun, prevail, seize, succeed, triumph |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose, surrender |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oppression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, hardship |
| Synonyms: | abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand, maltreatment, martial law, overthrowing, persecution, severity, subduing, subjection, suffering, torment, tyrrany |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; failure |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, bath, blow, catastrophe, check, conquering, defeat, disappointment, hardship, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, repulse, reversal, setback, trial, turnabout, vanquishment, vicissitude |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Antonyms: | good fortune, good luck, progress, success |
| Main Entry: | triumphant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful |
| Synonyms: | boastful, celebratory, champion, conquering, dominant, elated, exultant, glorious, happy, in the lead, jubilant, looking good, lucky, on top, out front, prizewinning, proud, rejoicing, swaggering, triumphal, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, winning |
| Antonyms: | defeated, failing, losing, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | victorious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, winning |
| Synonyms: | arrived, champion, conquering, on top, prizewinning, triumphant, vanquishing |
| Antonyms: | failing, losing, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | winning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | triumphant |
| Synonyms: | champion, conquering, leading, successful, victorious |
| Notes: | winsome denotes 'pleasing and charming,' while winning denotes 'pleasing' or 'victorious' |
| Antonyms: | failing, forfeiting, losing |
| Main Entry: | triumphal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | victorious |
| Synonyms: | arrived, champion, conquering, on top, prizewinning, triumphant, vanquishing, winning |
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