Strict

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Precise; exact: a strict definition.
  • adj. Complete; absolute: strict loyalty.
  • adj. Kept within narrowly specific limits: a strict application of a law.
  • adj. Rigorous in the imposition of discipline: a strict parent.
  • adj. Exacting in enforcement, observance, or requirement: strict standards. See Synonyms at severe.
  • adj. Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition: a strict vegetarian.
  • adj. Botany Stiff, narrow, and upright.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  • adj. Tense; not relaxed.
  • adj. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
  • adj. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  • adj. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  • adj. Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  • adj. Severe in discipline.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  • adj. Tense; not relaxed.
  • adj. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
  • adj. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  • adj. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  • adj. Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Drawn tight; tight; close: as, a strict ligature.
  • Tense; stiff: as, a strict or lax fiber.
  • Narrow; restricted; confined; strait.
  • Close; intimate.
  • Absolute; unbroken: as, strict silence.
  • Exact; accurate; careful; rigorously nice: as, words taken in their strictest sense; a strict command.
  • Exacting; rigorous; severe; rigid: as, strict in keeping the Sabbath; a strict disciplinarian.
  • Restricted; taken strictly, narrowly, or exclusively: as, a strict generic or specific diagnosis.
  • In zoology, constricted; narrow or close; straitened; not loose or diffuse: as, the strict stem of some corals.
  • In botany, close or narrow and upright: opposed to lax: said of a stem or an inflorescence.
  • In music, regular; exactly according to rule; without liberties: as, a strict canon or fugue.
  • Synonyms Close, scrupulous, critical.
  • Severe, Rigorous, etc. See austere.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. severe and unremitting in making demands
  • adj. characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
  • adj. incapable of compromise or flexibility
  • adj. (of rules) stringently enforced
  • adj. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    lax    permissive    lenient   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accurate    exact    nice    rigorous    severe    close    strained    tight    tense    precise   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addict    afflict    clicked    conflict    constrict    contradict    convict    depict    evict    handpicked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exact    rigid    rigorous    proper    traditional    absolute