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

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stricter

Regulators say stricter regulation will prevent people from splashing out on something unaffordable in a few clicks, taking on too much debt and being caught out by late payment fees.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The union contends the plan should have gone through a stricter environmental review and that the company had not been clear on whether it planned to charge the public for events in the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

There would be stricter handling of checked baggage, including increased use of X-ray systems.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

It also means stricter rules such as no targeted advertising to minors.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

I saw how impossible and embarrassing it would be for me to try to switch from my free program into the stricter one.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath