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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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While graduate students can still take out private loans to pay for their degrees, they carry higher interests rates and come with stricter underwriting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

“Condo buyers tend to be more rate sensitive and are also dealing with rising HOA fees, insurance costs and stricter financing conditions,” Barber said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

California uses an even stricter formulation that few out-of-state refineries make.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

But Ukraine's parliament is now considering a bill that would introduce stricter oversight of the surrogacy industry and effectively ban access to foreigners, who make up 95% of the intended parents.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

He’d led an overhaul of state campaign finance laws that ushered in stricter ethics rules for elected officials.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama