Normal
Strict
Strict adjective - Following an original exactly.
Normal and strict are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Normal" instead an adjective "Strict".
Nearby Words: strictly, strictness
Both words in one sentence
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They come in two types: the normal time challenge and the "Macho" time challenge (which is basically just a harder version of the normal challenge with a shortened and more strict timer).
- A classroom of rowdy grade school kids is scared straight when their normal kindly teacher, the titular Miss Nelson, is replaced by a mean and strict substitute, Miss Viola Swamp.
Source: Save Our Students - She's actually a fairly normal young woman from Arkansas who wears jeans and listens to rock music, which are no-nos in the very strict brand of Christianity her uncle, aunt, and cousins adhere to.
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Strict and Normal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/normal/strict
Normal & Strict. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/normal/strict>.
Strict or Normal. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/normal/strict.
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