Synonyms for rigor
- noun
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Stiffness — harshness, as of climate
stiffness, exactness, severity, strictness, harshness, rigidity, inflexibility, austerity, ruggedness, tension, hardness, keenness, hardship, grimness, asperity formal, inclemency, sternness, rigidness, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Harshness, as of climate.
- n. 2
Severity or strictness.
Related words
- Word family
- rigorism rigorous rigourness
- Phrases
- rigor mortis
- Other spellings
- rigour UK
Forms
- Plural
- rigors → stiffnesses, exactnesses, severities, strictnesses…
Example sentences
- severity The doctor explained the severity of Antonio’s case.
- stiffness She stretched to relieve the stiffness in her back.
- strictness The rajah ruled his land with strictness but also wisdom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rigor | rising | |
| severity | rising | |
| stiffness | steady | |
| strictness | steady | |
| exactness | falling | |
| stringency | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- chill1
- 7 letters
- tension2, cogency3
- 8 letters
- severity4, validity4, hardship2, hardness2, rigidity4, keenness, grimness2, asperity4
- 9 letters
- austerity4, stiffness2, harshness2, exactness, sternness2, rigidness
- 10 letters
- strictness, ruggedness, stringency3, inclemency, severeness, rigourness
- 12 letters
- rigorousness
- 13 letters
- inflexibility6, rigourousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tension2 = 2 syllables).