stricter

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authoritarian adj.
accurate, absolute adj.

ADJECTIVE

authoritarian

Synonyms

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draconian exacting harsh rigid rigorous scrupulous severe stern stringent tough

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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

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

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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

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stricter

Newly elected Texas politicians are also unlikely to change oil and gas policies, he said, with the exception of potentially stricter rules on flaring and venting for natural gas, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The prospect of stricter regulation was weighing on stocks in AI heavyweights such as Elon Musk's SpaceX ahead of the US markets open, after drops for key chipmakers in Asia including Samsung in South Korea.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Scalia said the federal voter registration law did not allow Arizona to adopt new and stricter rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Rosenthal favors stricter controls in the oil patch, including curbs on methane flaring and venting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Criminals’ rights were curtailed and stricter sentencing guidelines put in place.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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