rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe

stringent laws.

compelling, constraining, or urgent

stringent necessity.

convincing or forcible

stringent arguments.

(of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.

adjective

flexible , inexact , tolerant

adjective

acrimonious , binding , brick-wall , by the book , by the numbers * , compelling , confining , convincing , dead set on , demanding , draconian , drawing , dyed-in-the-wool * , exacting , forceful , hard , hard-nosed , harsh , inflexible , ironclad , iron-fisted , picky , poignant , powerful , rigorous , rough , set , severe , stiff , strict , tough , unpermissive , validnotes: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 , constricted , exact , grim , restrictive , rigid , stern , tight