CONQUERORS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

conquerors

noun

plural of conqueror

as in winners

one that defeats an enemy or opponent hailed as conqueror of the barbarian forces

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Recent Examples of conquerors Barcelona and Manchester City (in both domestic cups) were their elite conquerors in those competitions, though the 7-2 scoreline of the second leg at Camp Nou was embarrassing. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew. — Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026 But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026 In the same jungle, centuries earlier, a group of Spanish conquerors falls to that same ruthless force. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 In America, deconstructing our national mythology and recasting early Puritan settlers as bloodthirsty conquerors helped zero American Indians. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 The giant Brân the Blessed’s head, which spoke for many years after it was severed, lies buried under a white hill, on top of which the Norman conquerors built a fort, known to later generations as the White Tower, or just the Tower of London. — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 At the same time, the New World’s conquerors mocked the idea of humanity’s oneness, laying the foundation for race supremacy. — Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 The American conquerors of Hawaii wanted this game banned. — Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025

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Noun

And there is no doubt that there will be winners and losers this go-round, and probably a stock market correction or bear market along the way, but there is no need to try to guess when that might happen.

— Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Mike Suley, chairman of the Allegheny County Board of Property Assessment Appeals, told KDKA-TV on Monday that the reassessment will create winners and losers.

— Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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Both woman victors guarantees Tennesseans will have their first woman governor after November.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
One of Ford’s Model T’s initially landed in first place, but the victors were later disqualified because Ford’s team hadn’t followed the rules.

— Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026

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