Antonyms for strict
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1. strict

   That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.

   Antonyms:
   affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding

   Synonyms:
   austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, stiff, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyielding

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1. strict

   Antonyms:
   loose, inexact, inaccurate, lenient, mild, indulgent, lax

   Synonyms:
   close, exact, accurate, rigorous, severe, stringent, nice, precise

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1. rigorous, strictadjective

   rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

   "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

   Antonyms:
   tolerant, variable, undemanding, inexact

   Synonyms:
   rigorous, hard-and-fast, exacting, stringent, stern, tight, nonindulgent, rigid

2. hard-and-fast, strictadjective

   (of rules) stringently enforced

   "hard-and-fast rules"

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

   Synonyms:
   hard-and-fast, rigid, rigorous, nonindulgent, stern, exacting

3. nonindulgent, strictadjective

   characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, variable, tolerant, inexact

   Synonyms:
   hard-and-fast, rigid, rigorous, nonindulgent, stern, exacting

4. rigid, strictadjective

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

   Antonyms:
   inexact, undemanding, tolerant, variable

   Synonyms:
   set, rigorous, stiff, hard-and-fast, unbending, exacting, stern, inflexible, fixed, nonindulgent, rigid

5. stern, strict, exactingadjective

   severe and unremitting in making demands

   "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

   Antonyms:
   undemanding, inexact, tolerant, variable

   Synonyms:
   severe, hard-and-fast, stark, relentless, grim, exigent, stern, inexorable, unrelenting, unappeasable, nonindulgent, exacting, unforgiving, austere, fastidious, rigorous, rigid

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1. strictadjective

   Antonyms:
   lax, remiss, indulgent

   Synonyms:
   rigorous, stringent, exacting, rigid

How to use strict in a sentence?

1. Luu Trung Thai:

   We've been strict with lending.

2. Sun Tzu:

   When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.

3. Bill Rancic:

   As I go into my 20th year on the E ! red carpet, I have to say I do not take missing an award show lightly, but, unfortunately, this year is just so different. As part of E ! and NBCUniversal's very strict testing guidelines, especially before an event like this, I did find out that I tested positive for Covid-19.

4. Takeshi Onaga:

   We've heard 'strict enforcement of discipline' and 'thorough steps to stop recurrence' hundreds of times over the past several decades, but that nothing has changed.

5. Hannah Ferguson:

   It was pretty strict growing up, but I mean, I can't complain. But I think me and my siblings - I'm one of five - we've turned out pretty well. i would always flip through them and look at them and daydream about one day being able to do that. I never thought it would come true.

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