adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/
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rhymes with -ɪnd͡ʒənt
CMU ARPABET:S T R IH1 N JH AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
rigorous discipline
tight security
stringent safety measures
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rigorous, tight
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
строг
(strog)
— making strict requirements
Bulgarian:
неоспорим
(neosporim)
— making strict requirements
Dutch:
gestreng
— making strict requirements
Dutch:
stringent
— making strict requirements
Finnish:
ankara
— making strict requirements
Finnish:
tiukka
— making strict requirements
French:
strict
— making strict requirements
German:
stringent
— making strict requirements
Norwegian Bokmål:
streng
— making strict requirements
Norwegian Nynorsk:
streng
— making strict requirements
Persian:
سخت
(saxt)
— making strict requirements
Persian:
قاطع
(qâte')
— making strict requirements
Portuguese:
estrito
— making strict requirements
Portuguese:
restritivo
— making strict requirements
Russian:
стро́гий
(strógij)
— making strict requirements
Russian:
жёсткий
(žóstkij)
— making strict requirements
Swedish:
sträng
— making strict requirements
Swedish:
stringent
— making strict requirements
Ukrainian:
суворий
(suvoryj)
— making strict requirements
Ukrainian:
строгий
(strohyj)
— making strict requirements
