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authoritarian adj.
accurate, absolute adj.

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

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"The circumstances that led to the incident should be thoroughly reviewed, those responsible should be identified, and the strictest possible action should be taken."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Graduate students in particular are facing the strictest limits on federal student loans in decades.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

This would require the strictest inspections, which again raises the leverage question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

The strictest method short of rationing was probably the even-odd buying system adopted in California and other states around the spring of 1974.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Trace Middle School didn’t have the world’s strictest dress code, but Roy was pretty sure that some sort of footwear was required.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen