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flat
adjective
- having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"
Synonyms: level, plane Similar: even - having no depth or thickness
Similar: planar, two-dimensional - not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
Synonyms: categoric, categorical, unconditional Similar: unqualified - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
Synonyms: prostrate Similar: unerect - lacking contrast or shading between tones
Antonyms: contrasty Similar: underdeveloped - lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
Antonyms: natural, sharp - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Synonyms: compressed Similar: thin - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
Synonyms: bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid Similar: tasteless - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
Synonyms: bland Similar: unstimulating, unexciting - having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
Similar: noneffervescent - not increasing as the amount taxed increases
Synonyms: fixed Similar: regressive - not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough"
Synonyms: unraised Similar: unleavened - parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"
Similar: horizontal - without pleats
Synonyms: unpleated Similar: unfolded - lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"
Synonyms: two-dimensional Similar: multidimensional - (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
Similar: deflated - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
Synonyms: mat, matt, matte, matted Similar: dull - lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"
Similar: unshaded
noun
- a level tract of land
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
Synonyms: flatbed, flatcar - a deflated pneumatic tire
Synonyms: flat tire - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Synonyms: apartment
adverb
- at full length; "he fell flat on his face"
- with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
- below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"
- against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn''t answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
Synonyms: directly, straight Antonyms: indirectly - wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"
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