conquests
Won lands, people
Conquests are acts of conquering—taking control of territory, people, or resources through force or sustained effort.
Military conquests expand empires; romantic conquests are people seduced or won over: He boasted of his conquests.
The word can describe any hard-won achievement: her conquest of the literary establishment.
See also conquest.
Defeating an opponent
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
empire · battle · warfare · occupation · annexation · subjugation · colonization · imperialism
Resounding, celebrated victory
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- featRemarkable act of skill
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- breakthroughSudden important advance
attainment · success · mastery · pinnacle · summit · crowning · coup · masterstroke
victory
Defeating an opponent
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
siege · empire · battle · warfare · occupation · annexation · subjugation · colonization · imperialism · vanquished
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- featRemarkable act of skill
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
breakthrough · attainment · success · mastery · pinnacle · summit · crowning · coup · masterstroke · glory
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
- voyageJourney by sea
pioneer · uncharted · navigator · territory · New World · colonizer · Conquistador · landfall · indigenous · mapping
seduction
Enticing someone romantically
suitor · courtship · charm · pursuit · Don Juan · Casanova · lothario · admirer · liaison · tryst
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, feudal lords, medieval period
- Ancient MediterraneanGreek influence, treaties, alliances, colonization, trade
- Steppe HistoryGenghis Khan, Mongol Empire, nomadic tribes, nomads, nomadic culture
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
conquestsdefeats
Overcomes or bests
surrenders · losses · capitulations · subjugations · routs
conquestsrejections
Formal refusals given
rebuffs · failures · turndowns · brush-offs · spurnings
conquestsfailures
Unsuccessful attempts or outcomes
defeats · losses · setbacks · forfeitures · relinquishments
- romantic conquestPerson seduced or won
- war of conquestMilitary seizure of territory
- Spanish conquestIberian imperial expansion westward
- world conquestSubjugating all countries
- Roman conquestImperial military expansion
- Norman ConquestFrench duke's English takeover