Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard:
— A strict vegetarian.

synoniem: rigorous.

Roget 494: real, actual etc. (existing) 1; veritable, true; right, correct; certain etc. 474; substantially true, categorically true, definitively true &c.; true to the letter, true as gospel; unimpeachable; veracious etc. 543; unreconfuted^†, unconfuted^†; unideal^†, unimagined; realistic.    exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close etc. (similar) 17; literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous etc. (conscientious) 939; religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.    verified, empirically true, experimentally verified, substantiated, proven (demonstrated) 478.    rigorously true, unquestionably true.    true by definition.    genuine, authentic, legitimate; orthodox etc. 983.1; official, ex officio.    pure, natural, sound, sterling; unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, unalloyed, uncolored; in its true colors; pukka^†.    well-grounded, well founded; solid, substantial, tangible, valid; undistorted, undisguised; unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 939: upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious etc. 543; virtuous etc. 944; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white [U.S.].    constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible.    straightforward etc. (ingenuous) 703; frank, candid, open-hearted.    conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded; high-principled, high-minded; scrupulous, religious, strict; nice, punctilious, correct, punctual; respectable, reputable; gentlemanlike^†.    inviolable, inviolate; unviolated^†, unbroken, unbetrayed; unbought, unbribed^†.    innocent etc. 946; pure, stainless; unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured^†; uncorrupt, uncorrupted; undefiled, undepraved^†, undebauched^†; integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.] [Horace]; justus et tenax propositi [Lat.] [Horace]. chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]; high-spirited.    supramundane^†, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous^†.    ... meer laten zien

of rules Stringently enforced.

synoniem: hard-and-fast.

Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint.

synoniem: nonindulgent.

Incapable of compromise or flexibility.

synoniem: rigid.

Roget 82: conformable to rule; regular etc. 136; according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter; en regle [Fr.], selon les regles [Fr.], well regulated, orderly; symmetric etc. 242.    conventional etc. (customary) 613; of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; in the natural order of things; ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday.    in the order of the day; naturalized.    typical, normal, nominal, formal; canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean.    secundum artem [Lat.], shipshape, technical.    exempIe [Fr.].    illustrative, in point.    ... meer laten zien

Severe and unremitting in making demands:
— Strict standards.

synoniemen: exacting, stern.

Roget 868: fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat^†, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal [Vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish^†, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy^†, queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious etc. 932; hypercritical; overcritical.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 739: severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant^†, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell [U.S.], relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive etc. 744; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement etc. (ruthless) 914.1; cruel etc. (malevolent) 907; haughty, arrogant etc. 885; precisian^†.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: srogi, surowy