stricter

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

Example Sentences

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Stricter rules were imposed in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

Stricter lending rules and elevated credit requirements have made securing a mortgage considerably more difficult.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

Stricter rules on public drinking in Milan and Majorca.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Stricter filtering by Clarivate may also help explain the change.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2023

Stricter antifire building regulations were proposed for the burned-out areas, requiring the use of brick or stone.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy