stringent
Meaning of stringent
adjective
- (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting.
stringent guidelines on air pollution
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘compelling, convincing’): from Latin stringent- ‘drawing tight’, from the verb stringere .
Information about stringent
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of stringent
strin-gent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- stringent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
stringent synonyms
Meaning rigorous:
Meaning demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed:
Meaning having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure:
Meaning not adaptable in outlook, belief, or response:
Meaning (of punishment of a person) strict or harsh:
Meaning cruel or severe:
Meaning (of a substance or object) strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling:
Meaning making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources:
Meaning (of a task) requiring much skill or effort:
Meaning not able to be changed or adapted to particular circumstances:
Meaning severe or strong:
Meaning showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one's ways or opinions:
Meaning (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe:
Meaning reaching a high or the highest degree; very great:
stringent antonyms
Meaning (of a punishment or person in authority) more merciful or tolerant than expected:
Meaning capable of bending easily without breaking:
Translation of stringent
- French: strict, sévère
- Spanish: estricto, estricta, riguroso, rigurosa, severo, severa
- Italian: serrato, rigoroso, stringente
- German: stringent
- Portuguese: estrito, rigoroso
Words that rhyme with stringent
Gent, gent, CollagENT, Imagent, agent, coagent, counteragent, interagent, misagent, newsagent, nonagent, reagent, subagent, superagent, underagent, Grandgent, archregent, coregent, interregent, nonregent, omnilegent, omniregent, proregent, regent, subregent, viceregent, Sulligent, cononintelligent, corrigent, diligent, dirigent, eligent, exigent, figent, hyperintelligent, indigent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, nondiligent, nonexigent, nonintelligent, nonnegligent, overdiligent, overnegligent, perdiligent, preintelligent, prenegligent, superintelligent, supernegligent
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