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

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

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stricter

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

"A fragile ecosystem like the Himalaya demands stricter planning and building regulations than elsewhere, yet these rules have been weak and poorly enforced."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The government began consulting on changes to the cosmetic surgery industry in 2023, but there have been calls for stricter regulations for many years.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Norway's capital Oslo has already decided to ban glasses equipped with cameras in schools, while there have been increasing calls for stricter regulation in the European Union and the United Kingdom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

He’d led an overhaul of state campaign finance laws that ushered in stricter ethics rules for elected officials.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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