Strict

Definition: Strict

Strict

Adjective

1. (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules".

2. Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian".

3. Incapable of compromise or flexibility.

4. Not indulgent; "strict parents".

5. Unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing".

6. Severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards".

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Date "strict" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Strict \Strict\, adjective. [Comparative Stricter; superlative Strictest.]. (references)

Computing

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Synonyms: Strict

Concealment

In confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence; confidentially; Adjective: between ourselves, between you and me; between you and me and the bedpost; entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy; a couvert.

Conformity

Typical, normal, nominal, formal; canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean.

Fastidiousness

Adjective: fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal, difficult, dainty, lickerish, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy, queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious; hypercritical; overcritical.

Inquiry

Strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry; narrow search, strict search; study; (consideration).

Interpretation

Noun: interpretation, definition; explanation, explication; solution, answer; rationale; plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation; meaning.

Probity

Conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded; high-principled, high-minded; scrupulous, religious, strict; nice, punctilious, correct, punctual; respectable, reputable; gentlemanlike.

Property

Limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility.

Retention

Incommunicable, inalienable; in mortmain; in strict settlement.

Severity

Adjective: severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell, relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement; (ruthless) a; cruel; (malevolent); haughty, arrogant; precisian.

Truth

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Crosswords: Strict

French (close, disciplinarian, exact, exacting, hard, hard and fast, strict, stringent, tight), Romanian (exact, narrow, rigid, rigidly, severe, severely, strict, strictly, stringent).

Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

But you saved me. As difficult and frustrating as it's been sometimes, your God-damned strict rationalism and science have saved me a thousand times over (The X Files; writing credit: Chris Carter; Frank Spotnitz)

Maybe you could blow something up. They're really strict about that (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

99 percent of everything we do is strict routine (The Caine Mutiny; writing credit: Herman Wouk; Stanley Roberts)

Sorry, Doctor, I have strict orders-- (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; writing credit: Leonard Nimoy; Harve Bennett)

Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep. (references; author: unknown)

Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch slickly snared six sickly silky snakes. (references; author: unknown)

Strict oprit! Fumatul (1963)

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Books

• A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term (reference)

• A Strict Seduction (reference)

• Absolute Responsibility, Strict Accountability (reference)

• Counterpoint Strict and Free (Reprint) (reference)

• Handling the strict liability products case (reference)

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Music

• Strict Tempo Dancing, Vol. 2 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The coast guard keeps a strict watch. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Paul Almasy..

Indian troops in East Africa. Indian sappers and miners serving in the Middle East keep in strict training. Here they are bridging a canal in the Nile River. The Egyptian and his camel make use of the suspension bridge, but the camel is not too certain. Credit: Library of Congress.

Congress: "Is this one of those strict accountability things?". Credit: Library of Congress.

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IF man in the state of nature be so free, as has been said; if he be absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to no body, why will he part with his freedom? why will he give up this empire, and subject himself to the dominion and controul of any other power? To which it is obvious to answer, that though in the state of nature he hath such a right, yet the enjoyment of it is very uncertain, and constantly exposed to the invasion of others: for all being kings as much as he, every man his equal, and the greater part no strict observers of equity and justice, the enjoyment of the property he has in this state is very unsafe, very unsecure. (Second Treatise of Government)

They recognise that differences of climate, habits, and customs, of economic opportunity and industrial tradition, make strict uniformity in the conditions of labour difficult of immediate attainment. (reference)

If the Western Democracies stand together in strict adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter, their influence for furthering those principles will be immense and no one is likely to molest them. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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The meals were coarse, and the diet of even the children strict.

Yet perhaps the virtue of those reverend sages was too strict for the corrupt and libertine manners of a court

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Health

Strict avoidance of sunburning should be strongly recommended to this group. (references)

Strict dietary intervention is indicated and will be sufficient for many children. (references)

Women with PKU must also maintain strict metabolic control before and during pregnancy to prevent fetal damage. (references)

Business

Foreign films face strict quotas and censorship. (references)

Russia has strict currency controls and regulations. (references)

Russian legislation is very strict about licensing requirements. (references)

Children

Belize

Children with disabilities have access to government special education facilities, although the requirements to enter such programs are strict. (references)

France

There are strict laws against child abuse, particularly when committed by a parent or guardian, and the Government effectively prosecutes abusers. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Children are not subject to the strict social segregation faced by women although they are segregated by sex in schools, beginning at the age of 7; however, schools were integrated through the fourth grade in some areas. (references)

Civil Liberties

Syria

There is a strict de facto separation of religious institutions and the state. (references)

Morocco

Islamic law and tradition call for strict punishment for any Muslim who converts to another faith. (references)

Taiwan

The 1999 Entry, Exit, and Immigration Law provides strict sentencing guidelines for alien smuggling. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

Belgium is a strict adherent to ILO labor conventions. (references)

Germany

Strict anti-corruption laws apply to domestic economic activity. (references)

Czech Republic

Particularly impressive have been the Republic's strict fiscal policies. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

The Taliban employed swift summary trials and implemented strict punishments in accordance with Islamic law. (references)

Malaysia

Defendants have the right to counsel, bail is sometimes available, and strict rules of evidence apply in court. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Nevertheless, recreational facilities remained minimal, and there are strict limitations on family visits to detainees. (references)

Minorities

Ghana

However, police and army reinforcements restored order within 48 hours and instituted a strict curfew. (references)

France

The annual NCCHR report noted an increase in the number of reported incidents of racist threats--119 threats were reported in 2000, compared with 89 in 1999; there were 16 incidents of racist violence in 2000, compared with 13 in 1999. There were no deaths due to racist violence in 2000. The Government has criticized strongly such actions and attacks and has strict antidefamation laws. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

UK intellectual property laws are strict, comprehensive, and rigorously enforced. (references)

Political Rights

Mongolia

Ballot papers are printed out and distributed under strict control of political party observers. (references)

Singapore

Opposition political figures have claimed that such strict compliance requirements weaken opposition parties. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

The formalities for state aid are kept to a strict minimum. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Drug enforcement policies in Egypt are very strict. (references)

Kenya

Residents should follow a strict sanitary regime in washing and preparing food. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country that requires strict adherence to Islamic principles. (references)

Women

Saudi Arabia

It is almost impossible for foreign women to obtain redress in the courts due to the courts' strict evidentiary rules and the women's and servants' own fears of reprisals. (references)

Cuba

The law establishes strict penalties for rape, and the Government appears to enforce the law; however, according to human rights advocates, the police do not act on cases of domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Uruguay

Controls over salaries and hours for children are more strict than those for adults. (references)

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Expressions using "strict": be strict ♦ be strict with smb. ♦ Friars of the Strict Observance ♦ in strict confidence ♦ in strict privacy ♦ in strict settlement ♦ in the strict sense ♦ spartan strict ♦ strict evaluation ♦ strict hand ♦ strict imprisonment ♦ strict interchangeability ♦ strict interpretation ♦ strict rendering ♦ strict search ♦ strict secrecy ♦ the strict law ♦ The Strict Observance. Additional references.

Beginning with "strict": strict-liability.

Ending with "strict": con-strict, extra-strict, head-strict, non-strict, over-strict, tail-strict, too-strict, ultra-strict.

Albanian

i saktë (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, close, correct, definite, exact, explicit, express, just, literal, neat, painstaking, Pat, pithy, precise, pronounced, pure, right, stringent, true, unexceptional, veracious), i rreptë (austere, hard, hard and fast, iron-handed, raucous, rigorous, severe, slashing, stringent, tough, unkind, unmerciful, unrelenting), i caktuar (appointed, appointee, attached, certain, definite, detailed, determinate, explicit, express, finite, fixed, given, magistral, mounted, set, settled, specified, stated, unequivocal), i ashpër (argute, austere, biting, bluff, bluffy, Brant, bristly, brusque, churlish, coarse, crude, ding-dong, dour, draconian, draconic, gravelly, grim, gruff, hard, harsh, ill, ill natured, inclement, keen, malevolent, pipy, raucous, rigid, rigorous, rough, rough and ready, rude, savage, scabrous, scathing, scratchy, severe, shaggy, slashing, smart, stern, tough, truculent, uncharitable, unkind, unmerciful, violent, wiry). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متزمت (austere, pi, prim, puritan, puritanical, rigid, rigorous, severe, stick in the mud), ‏متشدد (hard, severe, stern, stringent, tough), ‏قاسي (austere, drastic, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, harsh, rough, rugged, severe, sharp, slashing, stern, stony, strait, stringent, tough, unyielding), ‏قاس صلب (callous, concrete, firm, hard, harsh, inflexible, relentless, rigid, rough, ruthless, severe, solid, stiff, tough), ‏قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, gauge, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, inflexible, measure, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, solid, standardize, stark, stern, stiff, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind, unyielding), ‏ضيق (bottleneck, canyon, choke, close, contract, cramped, hardship, incommodious, malaise, narrow, narrowness, need, oppression, parochial, pinch, scrimpy, shrink, slit, straiten, straits, succinctness, tag, tight, tighten, tightness), ‏صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, exact, extreme, fast, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, sharp, stark, stern, stiff, strait, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious). (various references)

Bulgarian 

строг (astringent, austere, censorious, close, firm, grim, hard, hard and fast, hard-grained, hardhanded, ironclad, narrow, religious, rigid, rigorous, rugged, severe, sinewy, stern, straitlaced, stringent, taut, unaffable, uncharitable), стриктен, точен (accurate, careful, correct, exact, express, faithful, just, literal, minute, narrow, near, perfect, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, refined, right, rigorous, scientific, sensitive, straight, true, unerring, veracious, well-directed), тесен (choky, close, cramped, incommodious, jimp, narrow, parochial, pokey, scrimpy, skimpy, tight, tight-fitted), взискателен (choosey, exact, exacting, exigent, fastidious, nice, rigorous), ограничен (close, closed, confined, contracted, finite, hidebound, illiberal, insular, limitary, limited, mean, narrow, narrow minded, one track, open, parochial, pot-bound, restricted, scanty, small minded, sparing, stringent, suburban), недопускащ изключения. (various references)

Chinese 

緊 (line, nervous, string, thread, tight, wire), 嚴竣 (difficult, severe, stern, tight), 嚴厲 (severe), 嚴� � (stringent, tight), 嚴密 (tight), 嚴 (serious, severe, stern, tight), 严密 (Closely, stringent). (various references)

Czech

striktní (hard and fast, stringent), urèitý (certain, declarative, definite, determinate, peremptory, positive, some, specific, such and such), rigorózní (rigorous, stringent), přesný (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, correct, definite, exact, faithful, just, literal, nice, precise, punctual, right, specific, subtle, true, truthful), přísný (austere, exacting, firm, hard, harsh, heavy, nice, rigid, rigorous, severe, sharp, stern, stiff, stringent, strong, tough, uncharitable), komisní, absolutní (absolute, blank, clear, complete, dead, flat, implicit, perfect, plenary, positive, uncompromising, undiluted, undivided, unmitigated). (various references)

Danish

streng hygiejne (strict hygiene), stram koereplan (close timing, strict running schedule, tight timing), veganisme (strict vegetarianism, veganism), ubetinget vegetarisk (strict vegetarianism, veganism), total ombyttelighed (strict interchangeability), tog med stram koereplan (train with a tight timing, train with strict running schedule), opretholde fuld overensstemmelse mellem de afgiftsfrie beloeb udtrykt i national valuta (to maintain strict equivalence between the allowances expressed in national currencies), foraeldelsesfrist (strict time limit), afstandenfra den nederste del af stabilisatorens skinner til skaerespidsen goeres saa lille som muligt for at mindske spadeeffekten eller build up-effekten (the distance between the lower part of the blades of the stabilizer and the rock being drilled is reduced to a strict minimum to avoid the build-up effect). (various references)

Dutch

streng (rigorous, rigourous, severe, strictly, stringent, tight), straf (punishment, severe, strong, vigorous), hard (bleak, fast, hard, implacable, loud, quickly, relentless, severe, swiftly), duchtig (enormously, extremely, severe), bar (awfully, bar, barren, barrier, buffet, pub, severe). (various references)

Esperanto

severa (severe). (various references)

Faeroese

strangur (rigourous, severe, stringent, tight), harður (cruel, hard, rigourous, severe, stringent, tight). (various references)

Farsi 

یک دنده , محکم (Buff, Firm, Meaty, Secure, Stable, Steady, Steel, Stout, Strong, Sturdy, Substantial, Tenacious, Tight, Tough), محض (Downright, Mere, Only, Sheer), نص صریح , سخت گیر (Astringent, Difficult, Hard, Intransigent, Priggish, Severe, Squeamish, Stern, Stickler, Unrelenting), اکید. (various references)

Finnish

ankara (acute, hard, intense, rigourous, severe, sharp, stern, stringent, strong, vehement, violent). (various references)

French

strict (stringent), sévère (stern), rigoureux (stern, stringent), austère (stark). (various references)

Frisian

string (severe). (various references)

German

streng (absolute, absolutely, astringent, austere, draconic, exacting, exigent, forbidding, hardly, harsh, heavy, intense, iron, pungent, rigid, rigorous, severe, severely, sour, stern, sternly, stiff, strictly, stringent, stringently, tangy). (various references)

Greek 

ακριβήσ (accurate, correct, exact, just, precise, punctual, thoro, thorough, true), απόλυτοσ (absolute, absolutist, categorical, dead, perfect, plenary, sheer, unconditional, unqualified, utter), αυστηρόσ (austere, censorious, crucial, disciplinarian, puritanic, puritanical, rigorous, severe, stern, stringent), αυστηρός (austere, grim, hars, rigid, severe, stern, stringent). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקפי�" (meticulous, painstaking, pedantic, punctilious, severe), מפורש (distinct, evident, explained, explicit), מ�"ויק (accurate, correct, exact, precise, unerring), מ�"וק�"ק (accurate, exact, precise, rigorous), שלם (absolute, complete, entire, intact, integral, paymaster, perfect, round, scot free, self contained, total, whole), קפ�"ן (careful, martinet, observant, pedant, pernickety, prissy, stickler), קפ�"� י (austere, exact, meticulous, pedantic, punctilious, rigorous, stern, strait laced, stringent, thorough), חמור (ass, austere, burro, critical, donkey, drastic, grave, jackass, moke, serious, severe, stern, stringent). (various references)

Hungarian

szabatos (accurate, businesslike, crisp, exact, nice, precise, punctual, succinct). (various references)

Indonesian

keras (crusty, hard, heady, keen, killing, loud, rigorous, severe, stringent, tang, wicked). (various references)

Italian

severo (austere, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, martinet, rigorous, severe, stern, tight). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

酷しい (relentless, rigid, severe, unsparing), 酷 (harsh, rigorous, severe, stringent, unfair), 厳重 (firm, rigour, secure, severe, strong), 厳しい　 (intense cold, severe, stern), 厳しい (austere, grave, intense, majestic, severe, solemn, stern), 厳めしい (austere, grave, intense, majestic, severe, solemn, stern), 厳密 (close), 手強い (difficult, resolute, strong, stubborn, tough), 減たる (severe, stern), 峻厳 (rigorous, severe, stern), 喧しい (fussy, noisy), 固苦しい (ceremonious, formal, stiff), � �苦しい (ceremonious, formal, stiff). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きびしい (austere, grave, intense, majestic, relentless, rigid, severe, solemn, stern, unsparing), しゅ�"�'�" (giftedman, rigorous, severe, stern), かたぐるしい (ceremonious, formal, stiff), かたくるしい (ceremonious, formal, stiff), いかめしい (austere, grave, intense, majestic, severe, solemn, stern), �"く (ancient expression, carving, cutting, engraving, harsh, old poem, rigorous, severe, stringent, time, unfair, victory, volume measure), やかましい (fussy, noisy), �'�"たる (severe, stern), �'�"じゅう (firm, rigour, secure, severe, strong), �'�"みつ (close), てづよい (difficult, resolute, strong, stubborn, tough), て�"わい (difficult, resolute, strong, stubborn, tough). (various references)

Korean 

준엄한 (rigorous). (various references)

Manx

jeeragh (candid, direct; erect, downright, due, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, honest, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, plumb, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, straightforward, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring), geyre (abrupt, acrid, acute, austere, bitter, bold, bold promintary, censorious, cutting, discerning, edged, hard, high-pitched, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick of sight, sharp, sour, stiff, stringent, twinging), cruinn (accurate, circular, circumstantial, compact, consummate, detailed, exact, round, scrupulous, spherical, unambigous). (various references)

Pig Latin

ictstray.(various references)

Polish

srogi (severe), ostry (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, severe, sharp). (various references)

Portuguese

severo (austere, bad, bitter, blue, censorious, close, closet, cornered, dour, grim, grueling, gruelling, hard, hard-faced, hard-grained, harsh, inclement, iron-bound, joggly, keen, pointed, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, scathing, severe, smart, squint-eyed, stern, stiff, strait, straitlaced, stringent), rigoroso (austere, close, harsh, inclement, mathematical, rigorous, rigourous, rude, searching, severe, stiff, strait, straitlaced, stringent), estrito (close, stringent), austero (austere, budge, grim, hard-faced, hard-grained, rugged, severe, stern). (various references)

Romanian

strict (exact, narrow, rigid, rigidly, severe, severely, strictly, stringent), sever (austere, close, dour, drastic, exacting, firm, frowning, grim, hard, harsh, keen, narrow, rigid, rigidly, rigorous, rugged, severe, stern, Strait, unrelenting), riguros (close, mathematical, rigorous, severe, stringent), precis (accurate, accurately, certain, clean-cut, clockwork, dead, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, distinct, due, even, exact, exactly, flat, just, literal, narrow, positive, precise, regular, sharp, sound, specifically, straight, truly, unambiguous), exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it), dur (callous, difficult, dour, firm, hard, harsh, rigid, rough, roughly, stern, stubborn, troublesome), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), aspru (abrupt, abruptly, acid, acrimonious, biting, brisk, callous, clumsy, coarse, crisp, dour, drastic, earthy, edgy, exacting, firm, grating, gruelling, gruff, hard, harsh, hoarse, homespun, husky, ill, inclement, iron, iron-fisted, keen, lashing, nippy, obdurate, punitive, rasping, rigid, rigidly, rigorous, robust, rough, rugged, scabrous, severe, severely, shaggy, shy, smart, snappish, stern, stiff, Strait, strong, stubborn, tough, unkind, violent, wiry), absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

Russian 

строгий (astringent, austere, censorious, chaste, dour, hard, harsh, rigorous, severe, stern, straitlaced, stringent, taut, unaffable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

strog (austere, dour, exacting, finical, finicking, firm, grim, rigid, severe, stern, stiff, strait, stringent), striktan. (various references)

Spanish

severo (astringent, austere, bad, exacting, forbidding, gaunt, grievous, grim, hard, hard-faced, harsh, inexorable, severe, sharp, slashing, stark, stern, stringent, unkind), inclemente (inclement, merciless, severe), estricto (austere, close, severe, tight), áspero (abrupt, acid, brusque, coarse, crotchety, disagreeable, grating, hackly, hard, harsh, jagged, rasping, rough, rugged, scraggy, severe, sharp, sour, tart, unpolished). (various references)

Swedish

sträng (astringent, austere, chaste, chord, dour, grueling, gruelling, hard, harsh, inclement, intemperate, rigorous, severe, string, swath, unbending, wire), absolut (absolute, absolutely, dead, definitely, essential, every time, flatly, heart and soul, implicit, irrelative, much, positively, quite, rather, teetotal, ultimate, unqualified, unquestioning, utter, utterly, very). (various references)

Turkish

sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), sıkı (clinging, close, close fitting, close-bodied, compact, fast, firm, foursquare, gross, hard, iron, rigorous, searching, serried, Strait, stringent, sure, tight), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), otoriter (authoritarian, authoritative, bossy, domineering, imperious), mutlâk (absolute, certain, extreme, infallible, peremptory, plenipotentiary, positively, sovereign, sov'ran, unconditional, unconditioned, unqualified, utter, very), müsamahasız, katı (callous, emphatic, emphatical, firm, fold, hard, hard and fast, hard boiled, hard line, insensitive, ironclad, rigid, sclerous, solid, Square, steel, steely, stern, stiff), hoşgörüsüz (adamant, austere, exacting, illiberal, impatient, intolerant, uncomplaisant), harfi harfine (factual, fair, fairly, literally, literatim, to the letter, verbal, verbatim, word by word, word for word). (various references)

Ukrainian

точний (accurate, austere, business-like, careful, clean-cut, clockwork, definite, definitive, exact, explicit, mathematical, nice, perfect, pointed, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), вимогливий (exacting, exigent, severe). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thật sự (actual, effective, regular, serious), nghiêm khắc; nghiêm chỉnh ho� n to� n, chính xác (accurate, breadth, exact, exactly, precision, specifically, stringent, truthful, unerring), đúng nghiêm ngặt. (various references)

Welsh

manwl (exact, particular, precise). (various references)

austerus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "strict": stricter, strictest, strictly, strictness, strictnesses, stricture, strictures. (additional references)

Words ending with "strict": abstrict, astrict, constrict, district, interdistrict, redistrict, restrict, subdistrict. (additional references)

Words containing "strict": abstricted, abstricting, abstricts, astricted, astricting, astricts, constricted, constricting, constriction, constrictions, constrictive, constrictor, constrictors, constricts, districted, districting, districts, magnetostriction, magnetostrictions, magnetostrictive, magnetostrictively, nonrestricted, nonrestrictive, redistricted, redistricting, redistricts, restricted, restrictedly, restricting, restriction, restrictionism, restrictionisms, restrictionist, restrictionists, restrictions, restrictive, restrictively, restrictiveness, restrictivenesses, restrictives, restricts, subdistricted, subdistricting, subdistricts, unconstricted, unrestricted, vasoconstriction, vasoconstrictions, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Strict" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Estorick, estrict, Sarich, Schuricht, shtict, spricht, sticht, stict, stract, Streeck, striat, stricto, strift, strik, strikt, strinct, stript, Tritc. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cist, cris, stir, tics.

-3 letters: cis, its, sic, sir, sit, sri, tic, tis.

-4 letters: is, it, si, ti.

+1 letter: astrict, tricots, trisect.

+2 letters: abstrict, artistic, astricts, castrati, centrist, chartist, chitters, citators, citrates, citterns, cottiers, cristate, critters, critturs, distract, district, instruct, restitch, restrict, ricottas, scattier, stitcher, stricter, strictly, strontic, tipcarts, trisects, tristich, truistic.

+3 letters: abstricts, artifacts, astricted, brattices, catteries, centrists, chartists, chertiest, constrict, cornetist, craftiest, crustiest, dictators, directest, distracts, districts, eroticist, instructs, interacts, intercuts, intersect, kickstart, obstetric, orthotics, outtricks, patristic, prostatic, restricts, rusticate, rusticity, stitchers, stitchery, strategic, strictest, stricture, tectrices, tetracids, theatrics, tinctures, torchiest, toreutics, touristic, tracksuit, tractions, trichites, trickiest, trickster, trictracs, trifectas, triptycas, triptychs, trisected, trisector, tristichs, triticums, tropistic, twitchers, urticants, urticates, vorticist.