rigorous
/ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/
rigorous adjective: showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
Adjective
rigorous (comparative more rigorous, superlative most rigorous)
rigorous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
rigorous in Tamil
- கடுங்கண்டிப்பான, கடுமையான, கண்டிப்பான
rigorous in Urdu
- rigorous
- کٹھن kaṭhin
rigorous in Bengali
- কঠোর, সুনির্দিষ্ট
rigorous in Malayalam
- showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor
- കർക്കശ kaṟkkaśa
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- rigorous in Kannada
- ಕನಿಕರವಿಲ್ಲದ, ತುಂಬಾ ತೊಡಕಿನ, ಕಟ್ಟುನಿಟ್ಟಿನ, ಅತಿಕಟ್ಟುನಿಟ್ಟಿನ
Examples of rigorous in a sentence
- a rigorous inspection
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art.2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
Synonyms of rigorous
Antonyms
Forms of rigorous
| comparative | more rigorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rigorous |
| alternative form | rigourous |
Origin of rigorous
Inherited from Middle English rigorous, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman rigoreus, derived from Late Latin rigōrōsus (stiff, rigid; inflexible). By surface analysis, rigor + -ous.
Words formed from rigorous
Words that rhyme with rigorous
Questions about rigorous
- What does rigorous mean?
- Rigorous means showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
- What is rigorous in Tamil?
- Rigorous in Tamil is கடுங்கண்டிப்பான, கடுமையான, கண்டிப்பான. See Rigorous meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use rigorous in a sentence?
- a rigorous inspection
- What part of speech is rigorous?
- Rigorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rigorous?
- Rigorous is pronounced /ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/.
Words near rigorous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rigorous (page history and authors); rigorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کٹھن (Urdu) (page history and authors); rigorous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rigorous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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