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STRICT Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word strict. (exact relations)
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exacting
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

adjective satellite

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• requiring precise accuracy

rigid
adjectiveadj
adjective

• designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

adjective satellite

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• fixed and unmoving

rigorous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

stern
adjectiveadj
noun

• the rear part of a ship

• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

adjective satellite

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• severely simple

firm
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

adverb

• with resolute determination

adjective satellite

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

verb

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

inflexible
adjectiveadj
adjective

• incapable of change

• not making concessions

• resistant to being bent

adjective satellite

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

severe
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

stringent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

tight
adjectiveadj
adjective

• closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• of such close construction as to be impermeable

adverb

• firmly or closely

• in an attentive manner

adjective satellite

• pulled or drawn tight

• set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

• pressed tightly together

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

• affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

• of textiles

• securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid

• (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

• very drunk

• exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

• packed closely together

uncompromising
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not making concessions

nonindulgent
adjectiveadj
adjective

• characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

hard-and-fast
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of rules) stringently enforced

Alternatives for EXACTING

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