Lenient

/ˈliːni.ənt/

Antonyms for "lenient" (225 found)

Adjective(6 words)

hardhanded severe stern strict stringent unlenient

Adjective(133 words)

academic discipline standardsanal austerer austerest autocratic bitter brutal censorious cromwellian cruelcruel actcruelest cruellest demanding despotic dictatorialdictatorial leadershipdisciplinarydisciplinary communitydisciplinary guideline

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disciplinary policy updatedominant authority over studentsdomineering draconiandrinking-water standardsexacting excessive exigent fiercer fiercest finickier finickiest finickyfirm touchforceful leadershipfussiest grim hard harder hardhearted harsh harsher harshesthigh standardshurried hypercritical implacable inclementinflexible attitudeironlike ironshod keenest merciless onerous oppressive overpowering overzealous penalpenal provisionpersnickety pickier pickiest pitiless prohibitive punitive puritanic puritanical relentless religiousrestrictive toneretributive rigidrigid actionrigid materialrigid standardsrigid tasksrigorousrigorous analysisrigorous approachrigorous argumentrigorous corroborationrigorous inferencerigorous reasoningrigorous scienceruthless sadistic scratchiestsevere harmsevere language deficitsseverer severest sharpest skintightstern notestern reprimandsterner sternest stiffer stiffest stingier stouteststrict burial-action protocolstrict disciplinestrict discipline environmentstrict standardsstricter stricteststrong community normstautertextual precisionthorough coordinatorthoroughgoing tight tighter tightest tougher toughest tyrannicaltyrannical ownershiptyrannous uncompromising unforgiving unkindliest unmerciful unpitying unrelenting unremitting unsparing unsympathetic vindictive wariest wrathfulzero tolerance policy

Determiner(2 words)

most criminal-codeno more excuses

Noun(68 words)

astringentauthoritarian ownershipbattering brimstone bruising carthaginian chastening chastising clenching cutthroat decreeing dunningenforcement of precise ruleenforcing faultfinding faulting gorkiygrading standardgrammariangreat vigor

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grilling hardball hardcore hardlinehardline conservativeinsisting iron ironclad jansenist lashing law-enforcementlawbreaking penaltymartinetmore criminal statutemore directivemore disciplinarymore fixedmore restrictivemost disciplinarynitpickingoccupational safety regulationorder maintaining lawspenal codepenalizingpenalty finespenitentiarypiercing glarepummeling punishingpunitive statuteramrods reproofing scourging severus spartan stiff stolypin straightedge strait straiteningstudent code of conducttightening tyrannizing unbending unlax zerozero includedzero tolerance

Verb(16 words)

admonishing avenging brooking choosier cudgeled decimated disapproving disciplining domineeredestablish classroom authorityforcing readingmuscled nitpicked reproaching stiffened toughened

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