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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1. Mike Sinnett:

   We're working with customers and regulators around the world to restore faith in our industry and also to reaffirm our commitment to safety and to earning the trust of the flying public, the rigor and thoroughness in the design and testing that went into the MAX gives us complete confidence that the changes we're making will address any of these accidents.

2. Robert Heilbroner:

   Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.

3. David A Mascio:

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

4. Patrick Beattie:

   It’s important to combine this passion for concept — more convenient care — with the rigor of science to make sure we’re not creating hype, there’s a potential downside if you overhype things, especially in the consumer market.

5. Lori Lightfoot:

   We checked with [attendees] every single day, multiple times a day. We had our people at the screening checkpoints, every single day, they turned hundreds of people away, either who didn’t have the right paperwork or had an expired test that wasn’t [taken] within 72 hours. That tells me there is a rigor around the protocols that they were using to screen people.