rigour

Other forms of rigour

plural

rigours·

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 rigour

What does rigour mean?

rigour means "the quality of being valid and rigorous". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rigour?

rigour has 2 syllables: ri-gour. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for rigour?

Close synonyms include cogency, validity, rigor, asperity, grimness. 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 rigour a common word?

rigour is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.