strict
adjective
1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- a strict vegetarian
Similar word(s): exact, rigorous
2. (of rules) stringently enforced
Similar word(s): invariable
3. characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Similar word(s): abstemious, austere, stern, blue, puritanic, puritanical, corrective, disciplinal, disciplinary, monkish, renunciant, renunciative, severe, spartan, nonindulgent
4. incapable of compromise or flexibility
Similar word(s): intolerant, rigid
5. severe and unremitting in making demands
- strict standards
Similar word(s): demanding, exacting, stern
Sentences with strict as an adjective:
- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense