English word

Flat

Definitions

adjective

  1. lying at full length or spread out upon the ground : prostrate
  2. clearly unmistakable
  3. not varying : fixed
  4. having no fraction either lacking or in excess : exact
  5. not varying significantly throughout its rangeof a frequency response
  6. lacking in animation, zest, or vigor : dull
  7. lacking flavor : tasteless
  8. lacking effervescence or sparkle
  9. commercially inactive
  10. characterized by no significant rise or decline from one period to anotheralso
  11. lacking air : deflatedof a tire
  12. dead sense 3c, dischargedchiefly British
  13. utterly ruined or destroyed
  14. lowered a half step in pitchof a tone
  15. lower than the proper pitch
  16. pronounced as in bad or batof the vowel a
  17. having a low trajectory (see trajectory sense 1)
  18. made so as to give little or no spin to the ballof a tennis stroke
  19. not having an inflectional ending
  20. tautof a sail
  21. uniform in hue or shade
  22. having little or no illusion of depth
  23. lacking contrastof a photograph or negative
  24. resting with a surface against something
  25. lacking shadows or contoursof lighting conditions
  26. free from gloss : having a nonreflective finish
  27. two-dimensional sense 3
  28. of, relating to, or used in competition on the flat
  29. having a mass such that expansion halts only after infinite time and collapse never occursof a universe
  30. having a continuous horizontal surface
  31. being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions
  32. having a relatively smooth or even surface
  33. arranged or laid out so as to be level or even
  34. having the major surfaces essentially parallel and distinctly greater than the minor surfaces
  35. very low and broadof the heel of footwear
  36. 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

Having an even or level surface

adjective

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

  • dull
  • boring
  • monotonous
  • tedious
  • insipid
  • uninteresting
  • dreary
  • tiresome
  • dead
  • jejune

A place of residence, typically within a large multi-storied building

noun

  • apartment
  • accommodation
  • pad
  • condo
  • diggings
  • home
  • lodgings
  • penthouse
  • residence
  • suite

Low-lying land, especially a marsh

noun

  • marsh
  • plain
  • shallow
  • strand
  • lowland
  • shoal
  • swamp
  • mud flat
  • valley

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

  • upright
  • vertical
  • erect
  • plumb
  • raised
  • upward
  • perpendicular
  • straight-up
  • straight up
  • standing

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
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