What is another word for rigorous?
526 synonyms foundPronunciation:
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Similar words for rigorous:- accurate (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- arduous (adjective)
- austere (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- careful (adjective)
- correct (adjective)
- economical (adjective)
- exact (adjective)
- exacting (adjective)
- exigent (adjective)
- fastidious (adjective)
- hard (adjective)
- inalterable (adjective)
- inflexible (adjective)
- nice (adjective)
- onerous (adjective)
- peremptory (adjective)
- precise (adjective)
- prudish (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- religious (adjective)
- remorseless (adjective)
- right (adjective)
- rigid (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- severe; exact (adjective)
- spartan (adjective)
- stern (adjective)
- stiff (adjective)
- strict (adjective)
- stringent (adjective)
- brutal (noun)
- cruel (noun)
- demanding (noun)
- exact (noun)
- harsh (noun)
- rigorous (noun)
- other synonyms
- harsh
- relentless
Synonyms for Rigorous:
adj.
•accurate (adjective)- de-finite,
- dis criminative,
- explicit,
- dis-criminative,
- most defined,
- ultraprecise,
- on the money,
- matter-of-fact,
- de-tailed,
- de-fined,
- de tailed,
- re-gular,
- more concrete,
- un mistakable,
- un erring,
- de finite,
- ultra-precise,
- ultra precise,
- unerring,
- re gular,
- on money,
- on button,
- un-mistakable,
- de fined,
- un-erring,
- dis criminating,
- more ultraprecise,
- more defined,
- dis-criminating,
- on nose,
- most ultraprecise.
- in exorable,
- un-feeling,
- more serious,
- un relenting,
- in-exorable,
- forbidding,
- un feeling,
- formal,
- un-relenting,
- somber.
- dis-pleasing,
- un-palatable,
- galling,
- in temperate,
- dis pleasing,
- dis-agreeable,
- in tenser,
- un pleasant,
- un-pleasant,
- in-tense,
- dis-tasteful,
- in-tensest,
- dis agreeable,
- in-temperate,
- in tense,
- dis tasteful,
- un palatable,
- in-tenser.
- going great lengths,
- most thorough,
- more selfdisciplined,
- most selfdisciplined,
- more careful,
- observant,
- more thorough,
- de liberate,
- self disciplined,
- de-liberate.
- undistorted,
- right as rain,
- dead on,
- unmistaken,
- free of error,
- stoner,
- on the beam,
- righteous,
- on target,
- on track,
- cooking with gas.
- ex-press,
- bulleye,
- ex act,
- nailed down,
- more conscionable,
- clearcut,
- bulls eye,
- ex press,
- most conscionable,
- bull'seye,
- un-equivocal,
- bullseye,
- un equivocal,
- on numbers,
- bull-eye,
- ex-act,
- bull eye.
- ex-acting,
- more nit picking,
- unsparing,
- hyper-critical,
- by book,
- most nit picking,
- nit picking,
- ex acting,
- un-sparing,
- most nit-picking,
- more nit-picking,
- hyper critical,
- un sparing.
- epicurean,
- flawless,
- accurate,
- hypercritical,
- particular,
- conscientious,
- priggish,
- dainty,
- fastidious,
- discriminating,
- discerning,
- proper,
- literal,
- critical,
- Qualmish,
- diligent,
- squeamish,
- punctilious,
- choosy,
- prim,
- picky,
- perspicacious,
- prudish,
- delicate,
- meticulous,
- finicky,
- mincing,
- methodical,
- fussy,
- severe,
- persnickety.
- re solute,
- set in ways,
- un-changeable,
- in-tractable,
- un-swayable,
- Unswayable,
- most unadaptable,
- re-solute,
- set one ways,
- in flexible,
- stand ground,
- stand ones ground,
- single minded,
- un-compliant,
- most unswayable,
- un bending,
- in tractable,
- un compromising,
- steeliest,
- un-compromising,
- dyed in the wool,
- un-bending,
- hard and fast,
- un-yielding,
- un compliant,
- set ones ways,
- un yielding,
- un-adaptable,
- steelier,
- set ways,
- set in ones ways,
- un adaptable,
- more unswayable,
- stand one ground,
- set in one ways,
- in-flexible,
- un swayable,
- more unadaptable,
- set one's ways,
- un changeable.
- be-fitting,
- well bred,
- more hairsplitting,
- de cent,
- most finicking,
- wellbred,
- be-coming,
- well-bred,
- de-cent,
- most hairsplitting,
- more finicking.
- more headache,
- over taxing,
- over powering,
- most embittering,
- more crushing,
- most plodding,
- most overtaxing,
- most crushing,
- over-taxing,
- over-powering,
- more plodding,
- more embittering,
- more overtaxing,
- most headache.
- in controvertible,
- un deniable,
- in-controvertible,
- in tolerant,
- in-tolerant,
- high handed,
- un-deniable.
- de-mure,
- up tight,
- most overnice,
- de mure,
- more overexact,
- more simpering,
- overexact,
- narrowminded,
- over modest,
- more overnice,
- over exact,
- over-exact,
- overnice,
- most overmodest,
- most simpering,
- more overmodest,
- up-tight,
- over nice,
- most overexact,
- narrow minded.
- un-stoppable,
- un forgiving,
- most hang tough,
- un-flinching,
- stop nothing,
- bound determined,
- in-human,
- most unstoppable,
- stop at nothing,
- most undeviating,
- more hang tough,
- unstoppable,
- more unstoppable,
- most hang-tough,
- un stoppable,
- unforgiving,
- un-forgiving,
- un deviating,
- hangtough,
- un-appeasable,
- most hangtough,
- more undeviating,
- un flinching,
- more hang-tough,
- un appeasable,
- un-deviating,
- in human,
- more hangtough.
- more unrepenting,
- un contrite,
- more unregenerate,
- un-compassionate,
- more uncontrite,
- un repenting,
- un-contrite,
- in humane,
- most hard-hearted,
- most uncontrite,
- un compassionate,
- most hard hearted,
- hard bitten,
- in-humane,
- most unregenerate,
- un-repenting,
- un regenerate,
- more hard hearted,
- more hard-hearted,
- most unrepenting,
- un-remitting,
- in sensitive,
- un remitting,
- hard hearted,
- in-sensitive.
- most inerrant,
- in-errant,
- in dubitable,
- in fallible,
- more inerrant,
- un doubted,
- more watertight,
- in errant,
- in-dubitable,
- un-doubted,
- most watertight,
- in-fallible.
- more unpermissive,
- un-permissive,
- in-compliant,
- un-changing,
- unbreakable,
- most chiseled,
- in elastic,
- tough nut crack,
- un-breakable,
- un breakable,
- un-alterable,
- un alterable,
- un permissive,
- un moving,
- in compliant,
- more chiseled,
- in-variable,
- hardline,
- unpermissive,
- un-moving,
- set stone,
- in-elastic,
- strait laced,
- most unpermissive,
- in variable,
- un changing.
- unbending,
- obdurate,
- grim,
- brusque,
- stark,
- ascetic,
- acrimonious,
- bleak,
- cool,
- oppressive,
- caustic,
- brisk,
- curt,
- acerbic,
- blunt,
- sharp,
- dry,
- imperial,
- frosty,
- basic,
- chilly,
- stern,
- intense,
- uncompromising,
- gruff,
- dour,
- abrupt,
- astringent,
- icy,
- intolerant,
- hidebound,
- authoritarian,
- short,
- spare,
- keen,
- lean,
- strait-laced,
- obstinate,
- piquant,
- draconian,
- cutting,
- tart,
- acute,
- crisp,
- puritanical,
- censorious,
- raw,
- fundamental.
- more mortified,
- most mortified,
- flinty,
- most stiffnecked,
- more stiff-necked,
- most stiff necked,
- stiff necked,
- hardshell,
- hardheaded,
- more stiffnecked,
- most hardheaded,
- stiffnecked,
- more stiff necked,
- most stiff-necked,
- hard nosed.
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- organized,
- thorough,
- provident,
- painstaking,
- systematic,
- cautious,
- usual.
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- full.
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- rough.
Other synonyms:
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- difficult,
- effortful,
- fervid,
- keenly,
- grievous,
- sublime,
- desperate,
- severely,
- towering,
- scalding,
- heavy-duty,
- gross,
- extravagant,
- ultimate,
- errorless,
- backbreaking,
- fatally,
- frontal,
- ferocious,
- dearly,
- dreadfully.
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- spectacular,
- far,
- massive,
- trying,
- supreme,
- laborious,
- fatal,
- merciless,
- terminal,
- burdensome,
- Searing,
- hardy,
- veridical,
- unbearable,
- explosive,
- sharply,
- badly.
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- formidable,
- tough.
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- strong.
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- heavy.
Paraphrases for Rigorous:
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Adjective
precise, onerous, careful, accurate, restrictive, strenuous, painstaking, conscientious, detailed, uncompromising, stern, strictly, stiff, demanding, draconian, aggressive, grim, forceful, in-depth, diligent, burdensome, intransigent, high, challenging, methodical, exact, extensive, arduous, intense, hard, systematic, close, sophisticated, thrifty, inflexible, rough, comprehensive, compelling, resolute, fierce, authoritative, faithful, coherent, stark, cautious, economical.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
demanding.
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Other Related
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Adjective
rigid, tough, harsh, scrupulous, meticulous, rigour, strong, robust, disciplined, tight, serious, austere, consistent, drastic, intensive, hard-hitting, stringency, thoroughgoing, exhaustive, energetic.
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Noun, singular or mass
rigour, rigor, stringency.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Rigorous:
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adj.
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severe; exact
improper, unsuitable, lax, inexact, loose, flexible, easy-going.
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Other antonyms:
accessible, effortless, amenable, responsive, patient, smooth, cheap, slipshod, pliable, dubious, softhearted, tolerant, careless, bland, uncomplicated, sloppy, untrue, clement, indefinite, spoiling, genial, mindless, mild, kind, manageable, merciful, sweet, willing, negligent, forbearing, indulgent, easy, inaccurate, tender, coarse, soothing, false, charitable, comforting, remiss, accepting, round, vague, simple, soft, tractable, gentle, wrong, approximate, untrustworthy, light, questionable, laid-back, clear, complaisant, compromising, user-friendly, elementary, unreliable, slovenly, affable, doubtful, unclear, doable, yielding, incorrect, friendly, neglectful, facile, achievable, pliant, painless, compliant, pampering, imprecise, kindly, agreeable, lenient, acquiescent, rough.
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severe; exact
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Other antonyms:
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capricious.
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Homophones for Rigorous:
- recherche, racehorse, regorge, recourse, ricrac, rush rose, research, recharge, rock rose, rockcress, resurge, regress, resource, race horse, ricegrass, rush-grass, rogers, rush grass, rockers, rye grass, rock hyrax, rock cress, ryegrass, rockrose, rickrack, rice grass, racecourse.