strict
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
rigorous application of the law
Related & opposite
- rigorousness derivation
- strictness derivation
- rigour derivation
- exact similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of rules) stringently enforced
hard-and-fast rules
Related & opposite
- strictness derivation
- invariable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Related & opposite
- abstemious also see
- indulgent antonym
- sternness derivation
- austerity derivation
- stern similar to
- bluea similar to
- corrective similar to
- monkish similar to
- renunciant similar to
- self-disciplined similar to
- spartan similar to
Sense 4 adjective
incapable of compromise or flexibility
Related & opposite
- sternness derivation
- inflexibility derivation
- intolerant similar to
Sense 5 adjective
severe and unremitting in making demands
an exacting instructor
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigorousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strictness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigour |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | exact |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strictness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | invariable |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | abstemious |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | indulgent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sternness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | austerity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | stern |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bluea |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | monkish |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | renunciant |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-disciplined |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | spartan |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sternness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflexibility |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | intolerant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sternness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | demanding |