strict

strict is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
2. adjective. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
3. adjective. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
4. adjective. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
5. adjective. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
6. adjective. Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. adjective. severe and unremitting in making demands

   "an exacting instructor"

   "a stern disciplinarian"

   Synonyms: exacting, stern

8. adjective. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

   "rigorous application of the law"

   "a strict vegetarian"

   Synonyms: rigorous

9. adjective. characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

   Synonyms: nonindulgent

10. adjective. incapable of compromise or flexibility

    Synonyms: rigid

11. adjective. (of rules) stringently enforced

    "hard-and-fast rules"

Synonyms

exacting, stern, rigorous, nonindulgent, rigid

Common word forms

stricter, strictly, strictest, strictness

Words from these letters

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