rigorous

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Meaning

  1. Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
  2. Severe; intense.

Synonyms

strict
C1
severe
B2
stringent
45k
stern
C1
austere
33k
harsh
B2
rigid
C2
serious
A1
tight
B1

rigourous

intense
B2
hard
A1
tense
B2
exacting
37k
precise
C1
strenuous
25k
careful
A2
exact
B1
illiberal
inclement
inflexible
37k
intemperate
narrow-minded
27k
peremptory
properly
B1
puritanic
puritanical
47k
raging
C1
restrictive
43k
robust
C2
savagely
36k
searing
28k
smart
A2
stiff
C1
strait-laced
strictly
C1
swingeing
thorough
C1
tough
A2
tyrannical
36k
unfair
B2
unsparing

iron-bound

stong

exact sciences

square-toed

nonindulgent
straight-laced
straightlaced
tight-laced
Translations

rigoureux
riguroso
rigoroso
rigoros
rigoroso
severo
strikt
streng
estricto

αυστηρός

streng
sévère
gestreng
estrito
صارم
Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rigorous, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman rigoreus, derived from Late Latin rigōrōsus (stiff, rigid; inflexible). By surface analysis, rigor + -ous.

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