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

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

Now that he’s gone, worries that Nvidia’s chips will come under stricter controls is weighing on Chinese tech stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Let me change back to stricter moderation policies.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Home heating oil suppliers in Northern Ireland will face stricter regulation in the wake of an inquiry by the UK's competition watchdog.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Companies and brands working with influencers also face stricter rules on how their products are promoted by requiring content creators to label videos and posts clearly as an "advertisement" or "commercial collaboration".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

This was a long time before us, when the guardians were much stricter, cruel even, and when she tried to get back in, she wasn’t allowed.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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