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strict

[strikt] / strɪkt /
ADJECTIVE
stern; severe; austere
Synonyms
STRONGEST
draconian exacting harsh rigid rigorous scrupulous severe stern stringent tough
WEAK
austere dead set disciplinary dour firm forbidding grim hard hard-boiled iron-fisted no-nonsense oppressive picky prudish punctilious puritanical set square stickling straight strait-laced stuffy unpermissive unsparing uptight
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy easygoing facile flexible gentle kind lenient mild nice soft tolerant
WEAK
amenable tractable uncertain yielding
ADJECTIVE
accurate; absolute
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exact meticulous precise religious scrupulous
STRONG
detail-oriented
WEAK
close complete faithful just particular perfect right total true undistorted utter veracious veridical
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless imprecise inaccurate inexact negligent undetailed
WEAK
indefinite

Example Sentences

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Airlines have strict rules about where you can pack your laptop, and lithium-ion batteries are the reason.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Women now refuse to turn the clock back even though strict rules on "modesty" and severe punishments are still the law of this land.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Turkey has strict gun laws that require licensing, registration, mental and criminal background checks, and severe penalties for illegal possession.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

If only mutual funds were held to such strict measurements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Then I’d remember that though she was our strict Ma, she was still his daughter.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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