romantic conquest
Pursued love interest
A romantic conquest is a person successfully pursued as a romantic or sexual partner, often with implications of challenge overcome or resistance worn down.
The term frames romance as competition or achievement: He viewed every woman as a potential romantic conquest.
The phrase can suggest shallow motives or treating partners as trophies rather than people.
- love at first sightImmediate romantic attraction to stranger
- flirtingPlayfully showing romantic interest
- stolen glancesCovert fleeting observations
- loveIntense fond attachment
- love letterWritten romantic declaration
infatuation · dating · seduction · love songs · persuasion · charm · jealousy · persistence · vulnerability · broken heart · serenade · courtship · candlelit dinner · Don Juan · passion · admiration · chivalry · trophy
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
romantic conquestlong-term relationship
Extended romantic commitment
marriage · domestic partnership · committed relationship · matrimony · true love
romantic conquestequal partnership
Arrangement where both contribute alike
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