English word
Flat
Definitions
adjective
- lying at full length or spread out upon the ground : prostrate
- clearly unmistakable
- not varying : fixed
- having no fraction either lacking or in excess : exact
- not varying significantly throughout its rangeof a frequency response
- lacking in animation, zest, or vigor : dull
- lacking flavor : tasteless
- lacking effervescence or sparkle
- commercially inactive
- characterized by no significant rise or decline from one period to anotheralso
- lacking air : deflatedof a tire
- dead sense 3c, dischargedchiefly British
- utterly ruined or destroyed
- lowered a half step in pitchof a tone
- lower than the proper pitch
- pronounced as in bad or batof the vowel a
- having a low trajectory (see trajectory sense 1)
- made so as to give little or no spin to the ballof a tennis stroke
- not having an inflectional ending
- tautof a sail
- uniform in hue or shade
- having little or no illusion of depth
- lacking contrastof a photograph or negative
- resting with a surface against something
- lacking shadows or contoursof lighting conditions
- free from gloss : having a nonreflective finish
- two-dimensional sense 3
- of, relating to, or used in competition on the flat
- having a mass such that expansion halts only after infinite time and collapse never occursof a universe
- having a continuous horizontal surface
- being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions
- having a relatively smooth or even surface
- arranged or laid out so as to be level or even
- having the major surfaces essentially parallel and distinctly greater than the minor surfaces
- very low and broadof the heel of footwear
- having a flat heel or no heelalso, of footwear
Synonyms for flat
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- even
- outstretched
- plane
- horizontal
- flush
- levelled
- planar
Synonyms by context
Lying in a horizontal position
adjective
- prone
- prostrate
- reclining
- recumbent
- supine
- decumbent
- procumbent
- splay
- lying full length
- spread out
Lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
adjective
A place of residence, typically within a large multi-storied building
noun
- apartment
- accommodation
- pad
- condo
- diggings
- home
- lodgings
- penthouse
- residence
- suite
The portion or section of something that is flattened
noun
- surface
- face
- blade
- flat surface
- level surface
- grade
- position
In or to a horizontal position
adverb
- sprawling
- spreadeagled
In a complete or total degree or manner
adverb
- completely
- absolutely
- totally
- utterly
- categorically
- exactly
- outright
- unequivocally
- explicitly
- firmly
Antonyms for flat
- rough
- uneven
- unlevel
- asperous
- bumpy
- coarse
- irregular
- unsmoothed
- ununiform
Opposite of having an even or level surface
- uneven
- rough
- unlevel
- asperous
- irregular
- ununiform
- bumpy
- coarse
- inconsistent
- roughened
Opposite of lying in a horizontal position
Opposite of lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
- absorbing
- engaging
- engrossing
- exciting
- enthralling
- gripping
- interesting
- intriguing
- captivating
- consuming
Opposite of in a complete or total degree or manner
- somewhat
- half
- partially
- partly
- fairly
- part
- relatively
- slightly
- pretty
- rather
Opposite of a room or rooms rented out to someone, usually in the same residence as the owner
- office
- unemployment
- annex
- annexe
A relatively flat region of land or terrain
- swamp
- bayou
- bogland
- fenland
- lowland
- marshland
- wetland
- muskeg
- quagmire
- valley
Phrases
- not level