Synonyms for rigor
ˈrɪg ərrig·or

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1. rigor

   Synonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Antonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

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1. asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousnessnoun

   something hard to endure

   "the asperity of northern winters"

   Synonyms:
   hardness, cogency, hard knocks, severeness, austereness, harshness, gruesomeness, asperity, luridness, rigour, stiffness, inclemency, badness, adversity, hardship, rigorousness, sharpness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, ghastliness, validity

2. cogency, validity, rigor, rigournoun

   the quality of being valid and rigorous

   Synonyms:
   cogency, severeness, robustness, hardiness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, validness, inclemency, hardship, rigorousness, lustiness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, rigour, validity

3. severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffnessnoun

   excessive sternness

   "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

   Synonyms:
   insensibility, ruggedness, callosity, grimness, awkwardness, severeness, unfeelingness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, callousness, scratchiness, roughness, cogency, gracelessness, inclemency, inclementness, badness, bad weather, hardship, rigorousness, cruelty, cruelness, clumsiness, abrasiveness, severity, rigourousness, rigour, validity

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1. rigornoun

   Synonyms:
   stiffness, rigidity, rigidness, inflexibility

2. rigornoun

   Synonyms:
   severity, austerity, harshness, sternness, asperity

3. rigornoun

   Synonyms:
   strictness, exactness

4. rigornoun

   Synonyms:
   inclemency

5. rigornoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) sudden coldness with shivering

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1. rigornoun

   Synonyms:
   rigidity, inflexibility, austerity, severity, asperity, sternness, inclemency, stringency

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1. List of paraphrases for "rigor":

   rigour, thoroughness, stiffness, stringency, rigidity, strictness, severity

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How to use rigor in a sentence?

1. Scott Becker:

   They're selling these tests, but nobody has checked their quality. We need some level of scientific review and rigor on these tests.

2. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa:

   We have to be loyal to the commitments we have adopted, especially the ones that are part of our foreign policy, such as the European Union, without rigor and financial transparency the risk of returning to crises is painfully larger.

3. Diana Silver:

   However, given the evidence that many underage smokers get their cigarettes from friends or others, efforts to restrict access to those 21 and older may make it much more difficult for 16 and 17 year olds to find a regular source of cigarettes, there hasn't been a lot of research about the rigor and depth of enforcement of these laws, and there needs to be.

4. President Barack Obama:

   You're going to dig into his proposals and how much they cost and what does it mean, and, you know, how does his tax policy work and he's subjected, then, to a rigor that hasn't happened yet.

5. David A Mascio:

   We try to apply the academic rigor in finance to the practical application of managing money within our strategies.