Meanings
adjectivestringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)
comparative more stringent · superlative most stringent
- Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.
They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*streyg-“to stroke, to shear, stiff”
- Latinstringēns, stringentem
- Englishstringent
Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَارِم
- صَارِم (ṣārim)making strict requirements
Bulgarian строг, неоспорим
- строг (strog)making strict requirements
- неоспорим (neosporim)making strict requirements
Dutch gestreng, stringent
- gestrengmaking strict requirements
- stringentmaking strict requirements
Finnish ankara, tiukka
- ankaramaking strict requirements
- tiukkamaking strict requirements
French strict
- strictmaking strict requirements
German stringent
- stringentmaking strict requirements
Norwegian Bokmål streng
- strengmaking strict requirements
Persian سخت, قاطع
- سخت (saxt)making strict requirements
- قاطع (qâte')making strict requirements
Portuguese estrito, restritivo
- estritomaking strict requirements
- restritivomaking strict requirements
Russian стро́гий, жёсткий
- стро́гий (strógij)making strict requirements
- жёсткий (žóstkij)making strict requirements
Swedish sträng, stringent
- strängmaking strict requirements
- stringentmaking strict requirements
Ukrainian суворий, строгий
- суворий (suvoryj)making strict requirements
- строгий (strohyj)making strict requirements
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stringent
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
stringent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringent
MLA
“stringent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stringent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringent.
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