All stringent synonyms

adj stringent

• tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
• forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
• binding — A binding promise, agreement, or decision must be obeyed or carried out.
• inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
• strict — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
• severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
• rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
• ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
• draconian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
• acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
• by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
• compelling — A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
• confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
• convincing — If you describe someone or something as convincing, you mean that they make you believe that a particular thing is true, correct, or genuine.
• drawing — an act of drawing.
• dyed-in-the-wool — through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• hard-nosed — hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.
• picky — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
• poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
• powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
• rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
• by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
• iron-fisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
• nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.