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" (265 found)
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Strong matches (80)
Adjective(24 words)
conscientiouscorrectdead ondourexhaustivefastidiousflint-heartedforbiddingfrostygrimgroundlyhardhard-boiledhardenedhardhandedhardheartedharshheartlessheavy-handedhumorless
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Adjective(2 words)
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Adjective(35 words)
ironhandedjustlegalisticlimitationlimitedliteralliteralistliteralisticlordlymagisterialmagistralmasterfulmathematicalmeticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopicminutemonocraticnarrownice
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nonindulgentobloquyoppressiveoverbearingoverconscientiousoverrulingoverscrupulousperemptoryperfectionistperfectionisticpickypinpointpitilessprecisianistprecisianisticprecisionisticpriggishprudishpunctiliouspunctualpuristpuristicpuritanpuritanicrefinedreflectionrelentlessreligiousreligiously exactrepressiverestrictedrightrigidrigoristruggedruthlesssabbatarianscientificscientifically exactscrutinizingselectivesensitivesharpslamslurspartanspartanicsquarestaunchsternstintstrainedstricturestringentsubtlesuppressivetender-consciencedtensethoroughtighttoughtruetyrannicaltyrannousundeviatingundistortedunerringunsparingunsympatheticunyieldingveraciousverbatimveridical
Adjective(4 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Related terms
3 entriesderived
16 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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Translations
109 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- صَارِم adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- صَارِم adj (severe in discipline)
Armenian
1 entries- խիստ adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Assamese
1 entries- কাঢ়া adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Basque
1 entries- gogor adj (severe in discipline)
Belarusian
2 entries- стро́гі adj (severe in discipline)
- суро́вы adj (severe in discipline)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акуратен adj (exact; accurate; precise)
- взискателен adj (severe in discipline)
- стегнат adj (strained; drawn close; tight)
- стегнат adj (tense; not relaxed)
Catalan
3 entries- estricte adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- estricte adj (rigidly interpreted)
- estricte adj (severe in discipline)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 嚴格 /严格 adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- 嚴格 /严格 adj (severe in discipline)
Czech
2 entries- přísný adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- přísný adj (severe in discipline)
Danish
1 entries- streng adj (severe in discipline)
Dutch
4 entries- strak adj (strained; drawn close; tight)
- streng adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- streng adj (severe in discipline)
- strikt adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Esperanto
2 entries- rigora adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- severa adj (severe in discipline)
Finnish
4 entries- ahdas adj (rigidly interpreted)
- ankara adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- ankara adj (severe in discipline)
- jäykkä adj (tense; not relaxed)
French
2 entries- strict adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- strict adj (severe in discipline)
Georgian
1 entries- მკაცრი adj (severe in discipline)
German
2 entries- streng adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- streng adj (severe in discipline)
Hindi
1 entries- सख़्त adj (severe in discipline)
Hungarian
4 entries- feszes adj (tense; not relaxed)
- feszült adj (exact; accurate; precise)
- merev adj (tense; not relaxed)
- szigorú adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Irish
1 entries- beacht adj (exact; accurate; precise)
Italian
4 entries- austero severo adj (severe in discipline)
- esatto adj (exact; accurate; precise)
- particolare adj (exact; accurate; precise)
- stretto adj (strained; drawn close; tight)
Japanese
2 entries- 厳しい adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- 厳しい adj (severe in discipline)
Khmer
3 entries- កឹង adj (severe in discipline)
- គគ្រីតគគ្រូស adj (severe in discipline)
- ប្រិត adj (severe in discipline)
Korean
1 entries- 엄격하다 adj (severe in discipline)
Latin
1 entries- sevērus adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Latvian
2 entries- stingrs adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- stingrs adj (rigidly interpreted)
Māori
4 entries- pākaha adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- pākaha adj (severe in discipline)
- taikaha adj (rigidly interpreted)
- uhupoho adj (exact; accurate; precise)
Norwegian
1 entries- streng adj (severe in discipline)
Polish
2 entries- srogi adj (severe in discipline)
- surowy adj (severe in discipline)
Portuguese
4 entries- apertado adj (strained; drawn close; tight)
- austero adj (severe in discipline)
- estrito adj (exact; accurate; precise)
- estrito adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Romanian
2 entries- sever adj (severe in discipline)
- strict adj (severe in discipline)
Russian
4 entries- напряжённый adj (strained; drawn close; tight)
- стро́гий adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- стро́гий adj (severe in discipline)
- суро́вый adj (severe in discipline)
Slovak
2 entries- prísny adj (severe in discipline)
- strohý adj (severe in discipline)
Spanish
2 entries- estricto adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- estricto adj (severe in discipline)
Swedish
2 entries- sträng adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- sträng adj (severe in discipline)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠇꠠꠣ adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Tagalog
4 entries- estrikto adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- estrikto adj (severe in discipline)
- mahigpit adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- mahigpit adj (severe in discipline)
Thai
2 entries- เข้มงวด adj (severe in discipline)
- เคร่ง adj (severe in discipline)
Ukrainian
3 entries- стро́гий adj (severe in discipline)
- строгий adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
- суво́рий adj (severe in discipline)
Urdu
1 entries- سخت adj (severe in discipline)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghiêm khắc adj (severe in discipline)
Walloon
3 entries- deur adj (severe in discipline)
- straegne adj (severe in discipline)
- strik adj (severe in discipline)
West-Frisian
1 entries- twang adj (governed or governing by exact rules)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
When the teacher is very strict, the students must mind their P's and Q's.
Source: tatoeba (19074)
The doctor ordered her to go on a strict diet.
Source: tatoeba (27920)
I'd better get going. My father is really strict.
Source: tatoeba (31360)
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