ADJECTIVE | all | strict, rigorous | rigidly accurate |
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all | strict, hard-and-fast | (of rules) stringently enforced | |
all | strict, nonindulgent | characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | |
all | strict, rigid | incapable of compromise or flexibility | |
all | strict, stern, exacting | severe and unremitting in making demands |
Sounds | strih'kt | |
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Rhymes | addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... |
Meaning | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard. | |
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Example | "a strict vegetarian" | |
Synonym | rigorous | |
Broader | exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact |
Spanish | estricto, rigoroso, riguroso | |
Catalan | estricte, rigurós | |
Nouns | strictness | conscientious attention to rules and details |
Adverbs | strictly | in a rigorous manner |
strictly | in a stringent manner |
Meaning | (of rules) stringently enforced. | |
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Synonym | hard-and-fast | |
Broader | invariable | not liable to or capable of change |
Spanish | estricto, inflexible, rígido | |
Nouns | strictness | conscientious attention to rules and details |
Meaning | Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint. | |
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Synonym | nonindulgent | |
Narrower | austere, stern | Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor |
blue, puritanic, puritanical | morally rigorous and strict | |
corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal | designed to promote discipline | |
monkish | befitting a monk | |
renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying | Used especially of behavior | |
self-disciplined, self-restraining | Used of nonindulgent persons | |
severe, spartan | unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment | |
See also | abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink |
Opposite | indulgent | Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone |
Nouns | strictness | uncompromising resolution |
Meaning | Incapable of compromise or flexibility. | |
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Synonym | rigid | |
Broader | intolerant | Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion |
Spanish | estricto, rígido | |
Nouns | strictness | uncompromising resolution |
Meaning | severe and unremitting in making demands. | |
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Example | "strict standards" | |
Synonyms | stern, exacting | |
Broader | demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due |
Spanish | estricto, exigente | |
Nouns | strictness | uncompromising resolution |
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