characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules, requirements, obligations, etc.: strict laws; a strict judge.
closely or rigorously enforced or maintained: strict silence.
exact or precise: a strict statement of facts.
extremely defined or conservative; narrowly or carefully limited: a strict construction of the Constitution.
close, careful, or minute: a strict search.
absolute, perfect, or complete; utmost: told in strict confidence.
stern; severe; austere: strict parents.
Obsolete. drawn tight or close.
Origin of strict
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin strictus, equivalent to strig-, variant stem of stringere “to draw tight” + -tus past participle suffix
SYNONYMS FOR strict
1 narrow, illiberal, harsh, austere.
4 accurate, scrupulous.
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ANTONYMS FOR strict
1 flexible, lax.
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synonym study for strict
1. Strict,rigid,rigorous,stringent imply inflexibility, severity, and an exacting quality. Strict implies great exactness, especially in the observance or enforcement of rules: strict discipline.Rigid, literally stiff or unbending, applies to that which is (often unnecessarily or narrowly) inflexible: rigid economy.Rigorous, with the same literal meaning, applies to that which is severe, exacting, and uncompromising, especially in action or application: rigorous self-denial.Stringent applies to that which is vigorously exacting and severe: stringent measures to suppress disorder.
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari advocates for a six-week shutdown stricter than state orders back in March.
A second lockdown proposed by Trump would get more support from Americans than one proposed by Biden|Lance Lambert|September 5, 2020|Fortune
In its first official weigh-in on the issue, the group lays out strict scientific criteria that would need to be met before heritable gene editing could be tried clinically.
Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing|Tina Hesman Saey|September 3, 2020|Science News
I was raised in a Muslim household with quite strict Muslim rules and Islamic rules, and one of them is that we don’t do interest.
Tan France Goes Deep on Racism and When He Almost Quit ‘Queer Eye’|Eugene Robinson|September 3, 2020|Ozy
The Hatch Act of 1939 puts strict limits on federal employees’ ability to participate in electioneering, including a ban on using their “official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.”
The RNC weaponized exhaustion|Zack Beauchamp|August 28, 2020|Vox
This includes designing strict procedures for how a lab should conduct the tests.
Scientists to Wall Street: You don’t really understand how COVID vaccine tests work|Jeremy Kahn|August 24, 2020|Fortune
The ad would then count as a coordinated communication and would be subject to strict spending limits.
Just What We Needed: More Campaign Spending|Mark McKinnon|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First, it would reduce the kinds of ads that would be subject to strict limits.
Just What We Needed: More Campaign Spending|Mark McKinnon|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
People often forget that the National Panhellenic council used to enforce racial segregation by means of strict codes and laws.
Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life|Maya Richard Craven|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Free from strict rules, Japanese distillers are making innovative, artful concoctions.
Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise|Kayleigh Kulp|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But beyond the strict realm of national security, the Arctic is becoming increasingly important to Russia economically.
Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"You won't find Miss Walshingham so strict as all that," said Coote.
Kipps|H. G. Wells
Both sisters were learned, dignified, and strict disciplinarians.
Mary-'Gusta|Joseph C. Lincoln
For with the strict morality and ardent zeal of a Puritan he united some accomplishments of which few Puritans could boast.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The place I inhabit, if not subterranean in the strict sense of the word, is at least a dwelling covered by the ground.
The Bee Hunters|Gustave Aimard
The latter was dressed in strict racing costume, and had at the last races at Cawnpore won two or three cups for the Rajah.
Rujub, the Juggler|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for strict
strict
/ (strɪkt) /
adjective
adhering closely to specified rules, ordinances, etca strict faith
complied with or enforced stringently; rigorousa strict code of conduct
severely correct in attention to rules of conduct or moralitya strict teacher
(of a punishment, etc) harsh; severe
(prenominal)complete; absolutein strict secrecy
logicmaths(of a relation)
applying more narrowly than some other relation often given the same name, as strict inclusion, which holds only between pairs of sets that are distinct, while simple inclusion permits the case in which they are identicalSee also proper (def. 9), ordering
distinguished from a relation of the same name that is not the subject of formal study
botanyrarevery straight, narrow, and uprightstrict panicles
Derived forms of strict
strictly, adverbstrictness, noun
Word Origin for strict
C16: from Latin strictus, from stringere to draw tight