| Main Entry: | strict |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritarian |
Synonyms: |
austere, dead set, disciplinary, dour, draconian*, exacting, firm, forbidding, grim, hard, hard-boiled, harsh, iron-fisted, no-nonsense, oppressive, picky, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, set, severe, square, stern, stickling, straight, strait-laced, stringent, stuffy, tough, unpermissive, unsparing, uptight* |
| Notes: | stringent often means simply 'strict, strictly regulated' and also 'tight or constricted' and emphasizes the narrowness of what is permitted, while strict emphasizes the sternness with which something is enforced |
Antonyms: |
amenable, easy-going, flexible, lenient, tolerant, tractable, yielding |
| Main Entry: | strict |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, absolute |
Synonyms: |
close, complete, exact, faithful, just, meticulous, particular, perfect, precise, religious, right, scrupulous, total, true, undistorted, utter, veracious, veridical |
Antonyms: |
inaccurate, indefinite, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
Synonyms: |
authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, defined, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, ultraprecise, unerring, unmistakable, veracious |
Antonyms: |
careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | correct, without error |
Synonyms: |
absolute, actual, authentic, authoritative, certain, conclusive, definite, definitive, errorless, exact, factual, faultless, final, flawless, genuine, infallible, irrefutable, official, perfect, right, straight, strict, true, truthful, undeniable, undisputed, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unrefuted, valid, veracious |
Antonyms: |
doubtful, erroneous, false, inaccurate, misleading, mistaken, questionable, untruthful, wrong |
| Main Entry: | ascetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-denying |
Synonyms: |
Spartan, abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, austere, disciplined, puritanical, strict |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe in manner |
Synonyms: |
ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting |
Antonyms: |
bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinent |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, ascetic, chaste, continent, economical, puritanical, self-denying, self-disciplined, sober, straightlaced, strict, subdued, unrelenting |
Antonyms: |
elaborate, encouraging, extravagant, indulgent, spending |
| Main Entry: | authoritarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
Synonyms: |
absolute, authoritative, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, harsh, imperious, magisterial, rigid, severe, strict, totalitarian, tyrannical, unyielding |
| Notes: | authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect |
Antonyms: |
democratic, liberal |
| Main Entry: | bossy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, iron-handed, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
Synonyms: |
conscientious, exact, faithful, lifelike, literal, resembling, similar, strict |
Antonyms: |
far, imprecise, inaccurate |