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

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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

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

And they will have the option of choosing between the default 13+ setting for Meta AI, the app's optional built-in AI assistant, or a stricter "Limited Content" option.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The car’s muted voice is likewise an artifact of stricter sound-pollution requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Other proposals that would have created stricter requirements around the approval process for new storage sites did not advance through the Legislature this session.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi