Prepositions:
Congratulate one on or upon his success.
CONQUER.
Synonyms:
| beat, | humble, | overthrow, | subject, |
| checkmate, | master, | prevail over, | subjugate, |
| crush, | overcome, | put down, | surmount, |
| defeat, | overmaster, | reduce, | vanquish, |
| discomfit, | overmatch, | rout, | win, |
| down, | overpower, | subdue, | worst. |
To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare [BEAT].
Antonyms:
| capitulate, | fail, | fly, | lose, | retire, | submit, | surrender, |
| cede, | fall, | forfeit, | resign, | retreat, | succumb, | yield. |