Another word for rigorous | Synonyms for rigorous

Another word for rigorous

rigorous Synonyms

rigorous

modif.

Severe
harsh, austere, uncompromising; see severe 1, 2.
Exact
precise, meticulous, dogmatic; see accurate 1, 2, definite 1.

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Another word for rigorous

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Conforming completely to established rule:
exact, strict, uncompromising. See usual
Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:
arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See heavy
Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness:
close, exact, faithful, full, strict. See careful
Having no errors:
accurate, correct, errorless, exact, precise, right. See correct, true
Conforming to fact:
accurate, correct, exact, faithful, precise, right, true, veracious, veridical. See correct, honest, real, true

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Besides all this, life was further regulated by an exceedingly rigorous system of fasts.
Thomas died in Newgate gaol, London, but Bartholomew's imprisonment was not a rigorous one.
His imprisonment was not a rigorous one, and negotiations for his release were soon begun.
A frame naturally slight had been further attenuated by rigorous habits of temperance, and thus rendered proof against the diseases of the tropics.
This generally involves solitary confinement of the most rigorous nature, and, as little is done to occupy the mind, the criminal not infrequently becomes insane.

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