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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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There are already stricter rent increase caps for many residences, depending on the location, type and age of the building.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It had a stricter return-to-office policy “which enabled it to mentor in-person and therefore hire young workers post-pandemic.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

It was a particularly rapid movement up the Iron Pipeline, the name for the trafficking channel from southern states with lax gun laws to northern states with stricter ones.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

The American Gaming Association and a public health advocate called for stricter regulation of prediction markets and sports betting.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Papi will get even stricter with all of us, and he'll probably cut back on his work hours even more, just so he can keep an eye out on us girls.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi