Synonyms for stricture
Most common
dressing down animadversion reprehension criticization stenosis
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Criticism — A sternly critical remark or review
criticism, censure, critique, reprobation, reflection, animadversion, blame, slam, dressing down, reprehension, criticization, handbagging UK, dispraise
2. Restriction — A rule restricting behaviour or action
3. Repression — A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology
4. Austerity — strictness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A rule restricting behaviour or action.
- n. 2
A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology.
I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.
- n. 3
A sternly critical remark or review.
- n. 4
Strictness.
Forms
- Plural
- strictures → criticisms, censures, critiques, reprobations…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stricture | steady | |
| animadversion | falling | |
| reprehension | falling | |
| stenosis | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- slam1
- 5 letters
- blame1
- 7 letters
- censure2
- 8 letters
- critique2, firmness2, stenosis3
- 9 letters
- criticism4, restraint2, austerity4, dispraise
- 10 letters
- reflection3, repression3, constraint2
- 11 letters
- restriction3, suppression3, contraction3, reprobation, handbagging
- 12 letters
- rigorousness, reprehension
- 13 letters
- animadversion, criticization
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (censure2 = 2 syllables).