strict

Meaning

1. Strained; drawn close; tight.
2. Tense; not relaxed.
3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
5. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
6. Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. Severe in discipline.
8. Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

Opposite of

lenient, lax, permissive

Synonyms

severe

rigorous

stern

rigid

harsh

stringent

austere

hard

exact

serious

exacting

precise

strong

stiff

tight

firm

sharp

accurate

tough

tense

punctilious

particular

intense

demanding

close

earnest

heavy

absolute

be severe

fussy

nonindulgent

strenuous

cruel

stark

extreme

strait

unsparing

explicit

keen

just

meticulous

dour

acute

narrow

hard-and-fast

hard and fast

inflexible

brutal

formal

bad

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Translations

estricto

strict

severo

sévère

streng

streng

rigoureux

stretto

severo

estrito

rigido

austère

straf

duchtig

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹɪkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.

Sentences

The " Admiral Graf Spee" was under strict instructions to adhere prize rules .