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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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“Condo buyers tend to be more rate sensitive and are also dealing with rising HOA fees, insurance costs and stricter financing conditions,” Barber said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

California uses an even stricter formulation that few out-of-state refineries make.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

In its role as the EU's digital watchdog, the Commission has already conducted intense investigations into major social media platforms, using the Digital Services act, aimed at enforcing stricter child safety rules.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The move also comes following a deadline for buildings to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the city, with stricter limits set to be enforced in the next few years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Most of my American friends had way stricter rules in their households.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi