rigorous
[rig-er-uh s]
- characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- severely exact or accurate; precise: rigorous research.
- (of weather or climate) uncomfortably severe or harsh; extremely inclement.
- Logic, Mathematics. logically valid.
Show More
Origin of rigorous
Synonyms
See more synonyms for rigorous on Thesaurus.com1. stern, austere, hard, inflexible, stiff, unyielding. See strict. 2. demanding, finical. 3. hard, bitter.
Antonyms
1. flexible, soft. 2. inaccurate. 3. mild.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for rigorous
Contemporary Examples
But Olds did more than build Nurse-Family Partnership; he did the rigorous evaluation to prove it would work.
Turning the tide of the epidemic, he says, will require “rigorous contact, tracing, and quarantining.”
Therefore, we can at least infer that the people of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes did not have a rigorous eugenics program like Sparta.
And that kind of rigorous attention to detail is not something you can normally do in television.
Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’Andrew Romano
July 14, 2014
The best performing middle schools place great emphasis on “future-focus”—on rigorous high-school curriculum.
Historical Examples
He accordingly sentenced him to six months' rigorous imprisonment.
Lotus BudsAmy Carmichael
The rigorous metaphysician will please not begin to carp at our definition.
At Rome the rigorous mysteries of Mithra had paved the way for reform.
The Oriental Religions in Roman PaganismFranz Cumont
The most rigorous propriety was the order of the day, or rather of the evening.
A Hungarian NabobMaurus Jkai
In all his life Mr. Varga had never had to face so rigorous an ordeal.
A Hungarian NabobMaurus Jkai
rigorous
- characterized by or proceeding from rigour; harsh, strict, or severerigorous discipline
- severely accurate; scrupulousrigorous book-keeping
- (esp of weather) extreme or harsh
- maths logic (of a proof) making the validity of the successive steps completely explicit
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for rigorous
adj.
late 14c., from Old French rigorous (13c., Modern French rigoureux), from Medieval Latin rigorosus, from Latin rigor (see rigor). Related: Rigorously.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper