conquer

1. 1.

   bring under control by force or authority

   “suppress a nascent uprising”

   “stamp down on littering”

   “conquer one's desires”

   Synonymssuppressstamp downsubdue

   Broadercontrol

   Narrowerchoke offhushburkesilencesquelchquench
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsappropriatecaptureseize

   Broaderassume

   Narrowercarry
3. 3.

   overcome by conquest

   “conquer your fears”

   “conquer a country”

   Broaderget the better of

Other forms of conquer

past tense

conquered·

present participle

conquering·

third person

conquers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conquer

What does conquer mean?

conquer means "bring under control by force or authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conquer?

conquer has 2 syllables: conq-uer. The stress falls on "conq". In IPA it is /ˈkɑŋkɚ/.

What is another word for conquer?

Close synonyms include suppress, stamp down, subdue, appropriate, capture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conquer a common word?

conquer is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.