The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
Source: tatoeba (2000)
Strict
/stɹɪkt/
Synonyms for "strict" (254 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
dogmaticdomineeringdourdraconianevangelicalevenexactexactingexigentexpressexquisiteextremefaithfulfastidiousfeudalfinefinicalfinickingfinickyfirm
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forbiddingformalfundamentalistfussygrimgrindinghardhard-boiledharshhideboundhigh handedhigh-handedhyperorthodoximperativeimperialimperiousinerrableinerrantinfallibleinflexibleironhandedjustlegalisticlimitationliteralliteralistliteralisticlordlymagisterialmagistralmasterfulmathematicalmeticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopicminutemonocratic
Adjective(12 words)
dominant authority over studentsdrinking-water standardsenvironmental regulatorexactexactingfirmformal atmosphereshard-and-fastheavy administrationinflexible attitudemartialmeticulous
Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
establish classroom authority
Related words (127)
Noun(11 words)
narrowniceobloquyoppressiveoverbearingoverconscientiousoverrulingoverscrupulousparticularperemptoryperfectionistperfectionisticpickypinpointpitilesspreciseprecisianistprecisianisticprecisionisticpriggish
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prudishpunctiliouspunctualpuristpuristicpuritanpuritanicpuritanicalrefinedreflectionrelentlessreligiousreligiously exactrepressiverightrigidrigoristrigorousruggedruthlesssabbatarianscientificscientifically exactscrupulousscrutinizingselectivesensitiveseveresharpslamslurspartanspartanicsquarestaunchsternstintstraitlacedstricturestringentsubtlesuppressivetender-consciencedthoroughtighttoughtruetyrannicaltyrannousuncompromisingundeviatingundistortedunerringunsparingunsympatheticveraciousverbatimveridical
Determiner(1 words)
no more excuses
Adjective(36 words)
nonindulgentpersnicketypreciseproperrestrictiverigid materialrigid protocolrigid standardsrigid systemrigid tasksrigid templaterigorousrigorous analysisrigorous approachrigorous argumentrigorous corroborationrigorous inferencerigorous reasoningrigorous sciencesevere
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skintightstern notesternersterneststifferstouteststrict burial-action protocolstringentsystematized approachsystematized scheduletextual precisionthoroughgoingtighttighteruncompromisingzero tolerance policy
Adjective(1 words)
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8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesstrict curriculumstrict disciplinestrict gradingstrict policystrict rulesstrict standards
Inflections
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Sample sentences
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When the teacher is very strict, the students must mind their P's and Q's.
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The doctor ordered her to go on a strict diet.
Source: tatoeba (27920)
I'd better get going. My father is really strict.
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