Synonyms of sterner
- 1 Syllable
- hard, tough, cruel, strict, harsh, grim, rough
- 2 Syllables
- stubborn, steely, hard-core, mulish, flinty, rigid, hard-shell, hang-tough, frowning, bitter, hard-line
- 3 Syllables
- forbidding, unyielding, rigorous, stiff-necked, austere, unsparing, severe, hardheaded, bullheaded, astringent, mortified, ascetic, relentless, hard-boiled, hard-nosed
- 4 Syllables
- dyed-in-the-wool, implacable, unrelenting, inflexible
- 5 Syllables
- inexorable, disciplinary