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:
   strict, 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, strict

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

3. nonindulgent, strictadjective

   characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

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

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, variable, tolerant, inexact

4. rigid, strictadjective

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

   Synonyms:
   strict, 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, strict, 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. Zhao Yu:

   The curbs ahead of National Day were strict but were a one-off, shipments from Brazil and Australia that were due to discharged in China last month were stable.

2. Sun Shuopeng:

   In the city of Wuhan after one month since the adoption of the lockdown policy, we see a decreasing trend from the peak of the disease, here in Milan, the hardest hit area by Covid-19, there isn't a very strict lockdown : public transportation is still working and people are still moving around, you're still having dinners and parties in the hotels and you're not wearing masks. We need every citizen to be involved in the fight of Covid-19 and follow this policy.

3. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.

4. Somsak Piriyayota:

   The issue today is how do we change that land for shrimp back into mangroves, we've never been strict. The policy has allowed for them to live there, but the ecosystem is deteriorating, so we have to solve this problem, yet we have to give them the right to a livelihood as well.

5. Bob Casey:

   It places strict limitations on Iran's nuclear program, requires robust monitoring and verification measures, and grants relief only from nuclear sanctions in exchange for verified actions on Iran's part.