rigour

rigour is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: excessive sternness. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. excessive sternness

   "severity of character"

   "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"

   Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness

2. noun. something hard to endure

   "the asperity of northern winters"

   Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity

3. noun. the quality of being valid and rigorous

   Synonyms: cogency, rigor, validity

Synonyms

hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, asperity, grimness, hardship, cogency, validity

Common word forms

rigours

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