stringent

adj.

1. Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures.
2. Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit.
3. Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: stringent economic policies.

[Latin stringēns, stringent-, present participle of stringere, to draw tight.]

stringency strin'gen·cy n.
stringently strin'gent·ly adv.

adj

Definition: rigid, tight
Antonyms: flexible, inexact, lenient, tolerant

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IN BRIEF: Rigid in setting standards.

There are books . . . which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Common misspelling(s) of stringent

• stingent

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stringent, streng, stram

Nederlands (Dutch)
strikt, beperkt

Français (French)
adj. - rigoureux, formel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - streng, hart, überzeugend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυστηρός (στην τήρηση κανόνων κ.λπ.), επιτακτικός, πιεστικός, άτεγκτος

Italiano (Italian)
stringente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - rigoroso

Русский (Russian)
строгий, срочный, испытывающий нехватку

Español (Spanish)
adj. - severo, estricto, riguroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sträng, eftertrycklig, drastisk, logisk, tvingande, kärv, stram

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
迫切的, 严厉的, 银根紧的, 令人信服的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 迫切的, 嚴厲的, 銀根緊的, 令人信服的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄중한, 긴급한, 설득력 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 厳重な, 切迫した, 厳格な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قاسيه, صارمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחמיר, חמור, קפדני, מצומצם, מוגבל, דחוק בכסף‬

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