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stricter

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

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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In March, commissioners voted unanimously to amend their development regulations, adding stricter requirements for large industrial projects, including data centers.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

To try and tackle these issues, local councils have introduced stricter parking restrictions and digital parking systems.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

It is lowering the leverage borrowers can build, tightening loan-to-value ratios and seeking stricter documentation in cases where it isn’t sure which firms would be winners or losers in the AI future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The program was always planned to become stricter as as the years unfolded, to give businesses more time to make the stronger reductions in their emissions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Then Tabitha pointed out that her family’s rules were far stricter than mine were.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter