<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.</li><li>Synonyms: restrictive</li><li>Antonyms: flexible</li><li>Compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity.</li><li>Convincing or forcible: stringent arguments.</li><li>Synonyms: effective, powerful, forceful</li><li>(Of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>