| ADJECTIVE | all | strict, rigorous | rigidly accurate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... | |
| Meaning | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | rigid | |
| Broader | intolerant | Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion |
| Spanish | estricto, rígido | |
| Nouns | strictness | uncompromising resolution |
| Meaning | severe and unremitting in making demands. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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