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

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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

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amenable easy-going flexible indefinite lenient tolerant tractable uncertain yielding

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stricter

Those limits include a stricter process to verify a user’s age that requires Meta to meet a certain threshold of accuracy, and a two-hour daily limit on its platforms if a user is under 18.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, local resident and driver Kateryna Stokolya says petrol stations everywhere are becoming far stricter about not working during air alerts.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

His government has since put in place stricter rules around trading the ETFs with the aim of helping curb market volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

In 2024, the European Union added Shein to its list of digital companies that are big enough to be subject to stricter safety curbs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Dr. Friendlich tells Aunt Sylvia I must be on a stricter diet.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar