Antonyms 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.

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

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

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1. strict

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

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

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1. rigorous, strictadjective

   rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

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

   Antonyms:
   tolerant, variable, undemanding, inexact

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

2. hard-and-fast, strictadjective

   (of rules) stringently enforced

   "hard-and-fast rules"

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

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

3. nonindulgent, strictadjective

   characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, variable, tolerant, inexact

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

4. rigid, strictadjective

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

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

5. stern, strict, exactingadjective

   severe and unremitting in making demands

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

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, inexact, tolerant, variable

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

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1. strictadjective

   Antonyms:
   lax, remiss, indulgent

   Synonyms:
   rigorous, stringent, exacting, rigid

How to use strict in a sentence?

1. Anthony Fauci:

   In the United States, even in the most strict lockdowns, only about 50 % of the country locked down -- that allowed for the perpetuation of the outbreak, which we never did get under very good control.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

3. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   The need for strict observance of the ceasefire was underlined.

4. Pinar Keskinocak:

   Until we know more about whats going on, Id strongly recommend that everyone follow the [social distancing] guidelines, even if theyre not set as strict requirements.

5. The Delta statement:

   Prior to this ban, Delta’s strict acceptance policy called for absolute compliance with all government regulations regarding protected species, delta will also review acceptance policies of other hunting trophies with appropriate government agencies and other organizations supporting legal shipments.

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