rigorous Antonyms
Strongest:
- kind
- indulgent
- easygoing
- mild
- tolerant
- undemanding
- soft
- forbearing
- indulgent
- charitable
- easy
- undemanding
- gentle
- lax
- lax
- lenient
- charitable
- forbearing
- soft
- mild
- lenient
- kind
- easygoing
- tolerant
- gentle
- easy
Strong:
- willing
- yielding
- responsive
- amenable
- amenable
- laid-back
- merciful
- flexible
- patient
- accepting
- agreeable
- merciful
- agreeable
- responsive
- willing
- flexible
- patient
- compliant
- accepting
- clement
- laid-back
- compliant
- yielding
- clement
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- hardened
- demanding
- hard
- austere
- relentless
- heavy-handed
- severe
- exacting
- steadfast
- gruff
- flinty
- merciless
Weak:
- determined
- obstinate
- monkish
- hard-hearted
- bullying
- hard-line
- uncharitable
- uncompromising
- ascetic
- adamantine
- dour
- unrelenting
- monastic
- rock-ribbed
- adamant
- immovable
- pitiless
- ascetical
- ossified
- unyielding
- implacable
- ramrod
- firm
- resolved
- callous
- unsparing
- intractable
- unforgiving
- dogged
- single-minded
- stiff
- unflinching
- inflexible
- unbending
Meaning of rigorous
rigorous (s)
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
rigorous (a.)
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
Violent.
rigorous Sentence Examples
- The rigorous training regimen demanded immense physical and mental fortitude.
- The university implemented a rigorous curriculum that challenged the intellectual abilities of its students.
- Scientists conducted rigorous experiments to validate their hypothesis.
- The athlete underwent rigorous practice sessions to prepare for the upcoming competition.
- The rigorous academic workload was designed to foster critical thinking and analytical skills.
- The rigorous standards of the organization ensured the highest quality of products and services.
- The rigorous investigation revealed a trail of evidence that implicated the suspect.
- The rigorous certification process tested technicians' knowledge and proficiency in their field.
- The military imposed rigorous discipline and obedience to ensure the effectiveness of its forces.
- The rigorous ethical guidelines prohibited researchers from engaging in any form of scientific misconduct.
FAQs About the word rigorous
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard, demanding strict attention to rules and proceduresManifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing
stern, authoritarian, rigid, tough, harsh,strict, hardened, demanding,hard, austere
kind, indulgent, easygoing, mild, tolerant, undemanding, soft, forbearing, indulgent, charitable
The rigorous training regimen demanded immense physical and mental fortitude.
The university implemented a rigorous curriculum that challenged the intellectual abilities of its students.
Scientists conducted rigorous experiments to validate their hypothesis.
The athlete underwent rigorous practice sessions to prepare for the upcoming competition.
