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stricter

ADJECTIVE

authoritarian

Synonyms

STRONGEST

draconian exacting harsh rigid rigorous scrupulous severe stern stringent tough

WEAK

austere dead set disciplinary dour firm forbidding grim hard hard-boiled iron-fisted no-nonsense oppressive picky prudish punctilious puritanical set square stickling straight strait-laced stuffy unpermissive unsparing uptight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy easy-going facile flexible gentle kind lenient mild nice soft tolerant

WEAK

amenable inaccurate indefinite tractable uncertain yielding

ADJECTIVE

accurate, absolute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exact meticulous precise religious scrupulous

WEAK

close complete faithful just particular perfect right total true undistorted utter veracious veridical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless imprecise inaccurate inexact negligent undetailed

WEAK

amenable easy-going flexible indefinite lenient tolerant tractable uncertain yielding

Example Sentences

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Morrison, MP for Cheadle, echoed these calls for broader and stricter regulation in his letter to Streeting.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

But Ukraine's parliament is now considering a bill that would introduce stricter oversight of the surrogacy industry and effectively ban access to foreigners, who make up 95% of the intended parents.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

It has cracked down on alleged insider trading and has signaled the onset of stricter government enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Unlike the U.S., where free speech is protected by the First Amendment, Britain and most European countries have stricter laws against hate speech or calls for violence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I had less maneuverability back in the much stricter Charlestown Prison.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey