rigor

Other forms of rigor

plural

rigors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rigor

What does rigor mean?

rigor means "something hard to endure". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rigor?

rigor has 2 syllables: rig-or. The stress falls on "rig". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪɡɚ/.

What is another word for rigor?

Close synonyms include asperity, grimness, hardship, rigour, severity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rigor a common word?

rigor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.