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Definition of Strict
1. Adjective. Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard. "A strict vegetarian"
2. Adjective. (of rules) stringently enforced. "Hard-and-fast rules"
3. Adjective. Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint.
Exact synonyms: Nonindulgent
Also: Abstemious
Similar to: Austere, Stern, Blue, Puritanic, Puritanical, Corrective, Disciplinal, Disciplinary, Monkish, Renunciant, Renunciative, Self-abnegating, Self-denying, Self-disciplined, Self-restraining, Severe, Spartan
Antonyms: Indulgent
Derivative terms: Nonindulgence, Strictness
Also: Abstemious
Similar to: Austere, Stern, Blue, Puritanic, Puritanical, Corrective, Disciplinal, Disciplinary, Monkish, Renunciant, Renunciative, Self-abnegating, Self-denying, Self-disciplined, Self-restraining, Severe, Spartan
Antonyms: Indulgent
Derivative terms: Nonindulgence, Strictness
4. Adjective. Incapable of compromise or flexibility.
5. Adjective. Severe and unremitting in making demands. "Strict standards"
Definition of Strict
1. a. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
Definition of Strict
1. Adjective. Strained; drawn close; tight. ¹
2. Adjective. Tense; not relaxed. ¹
3. Adjective. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice. ¹
4. Adjective. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous. ¹
5. Adjective. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted. ¹
6. Adjective. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. ¹
7. Adjective. Severe in discipline. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strict
1. kept within narrow and specific limits [adj STRICTER, STRICTEST] : STRICTLY [adv]