stern, strict, exacting
(adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands; “an exacting instructor”; “a stern disciplinarian”; “strict standards”
rigorous, strict
(adjective) rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; “rigorous application of the law”; “a strict vegetarian”
nonindulgent, strict
(adjective) characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
rigid, strict
(adjective) incapable of compromise or flexibility
strict, hard-and-fast
(adjective) (of rules) stringently enforced; “hard-and-fast rules”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
(set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
• Stricter and strictest are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside UK more strict and most strict are more often used.
• lenient
• lax
• permissive
Source: Wiktionary
Strict, a. [Compar. Stricter; superl. Strictest.] Etym: [L. strictus, p.p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See Strain, and cf. Strait, a.]
1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.
2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. Milton.
4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." Milton.
5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
6. (Bot.)
Definition: Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Syn.
– Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.
– Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he is bound; severe is strict with an implication often, but not always, of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle. And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. Pope. Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -"What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!" Milton. The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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