Synonyms for strict
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1. strict

   That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.

   Synonyms:
   austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, stiff, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyielding

   Antonyms:
   affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding

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1. strict

   Synonyms:
   close, exact, accurate, rigorous, severe, stringent, nice, precise

   Antonyms:
   loose, inexact, inaccurate, lenient, mild, indulgent, lax

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1. rigorous, strictadjective

   rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

   "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

   Synonyms:
   rigorous, hard-and-fast, exacting, stringent, stern, tight, nonindulgent, rigid

   Antonyms:
   tolerant, variable, undemanding, inexact

2. hard-and-fast, strictadjective

   (of rules) stringently enforced

   "hard-and-fast rules"

   Synonyms:
   hard-and-fast, rigid, rigorous, nonindulgent, stern, exacting

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

3. nonindulgent, strictadjective

   characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

   Synonyms:
   hard-and-fast, rigid, rigorous, nonindulgent, stern, exacting

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, variable, tolerant, inexact

4. rigid, strictadjective

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

   Synonyms:
   set, rigorous, stiff, hard-and-fast, unbending, exacting, stern, inflexible, fixed, nonindulgent, rigid

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

5. stern, strict, exactingadjective

   severe and unremitting in making demands

   "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

   Synonyms:
   severe, hard-and-fast, stark, relentless, grim, exigent, stern, inexorable, unrelenting, unappeasable, nonindulgent, exacting, unforgiving, austere, fastidious, rigorous, rigid

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, inexact, tolerant, variable

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1. sternadjective

   being able to give discipline with no regret

   mrs.bianca is a very stern, but nice teacher.

   Submitted by anonymous on August 11, 2022  

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1. strictadjective

   Synonyms:
   tight, strained

2. strictadjective

   Synonyms:
   exact, accurate, precise, very nice

3. strictadjective

   Synonyms:
   severe, rigorous, stringent, stern, austere, harsh, uncompromising, strait-laced

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1. strictadjective

   Synonyms:
   rigorous, stringent, exacting, rigid

   Antonyms:
   lax, remiss, indulgent

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1. List of paraphrases for "strict":

   stringent, rigorous, tough, rigid, strictly, tight, severe, harsh, scrupulous, firm, strong, rigour, restrictive, hardline, narrow, stern, bare, exacting, objective, high, vigorous, precise, close

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   Peace will require strict adherence by both sides to the tenets of international humanitarian law. This includes Israeli ending disproportionate responses to being attacked, even though any attack on Israel is unacceptable.

2. New York:

   He’s not the first politician, unfortunately, to make it to Congress to lie, but, look, George Santos was duly elected by the people. He’s going to be under strict ethics investigation, not necessarily for lying, but for his campaign finance potential violations. So I think that Santos is being examined thoroughly.

3. Eugène Delacroix:

   I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.

4. Monica Roa:

   In El Salvador, the recommendation to postpone pregnancy is offensive to women and even more ridiculous in the context of strict abortion laws and high levels of sexual violence against girls and women.

5. Michelle Obama:

   He used that experience and a keen sense of the political undercurrents to quickly galvanize a populist conservative movement, he was offering a set of ideas that his party had not fully embraced at the time, from strict border enforcement to tougher trade deals to less military intervention abroad.