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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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Morrison, MP for Cheadle, echoed these calls for broader and stricter regulation in his letter to Streeting.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The federation of unions later repeated those tactics and encouraged reform, including stricter rules requiring the disclosure of foreign entities in U.S. markets doing business with nations facing U.S. sanctions.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

A raft of legal reforms were also introduced including tighter laws on gun ownership and regulation, along with stricter hate speech legislation.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The PGA Tour will handle player returns on a case-by-case basis, with stricter conditions for those who violated contracts or sued.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The regime had become stricter and more sophisticated.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela