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English adjective: flat | |||
| 1. | flat having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another | ||
| Samples | A flat desk. Acres of level farmland. A plane surface. Skirts sewn with fine flat seams. | ||
| Synonyms | level, plane | ||
| Similar | even | ||
| Antonyms | uneven | ||
| 2. | flat having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness | ||
| Samples | Flat computer monitors. | ||
| Similar | planar, two-dimensional | ||
| Antonyms | cubic, linear, one-dimensional, three-dimensional | ||
| 3. | flat not modified or restricted by reservations | ||
| Samples | A categorical denial. A flat refusal. | ||
| Synonyms | categoric, categorical, unconditional | ||
| Similar | unqualified | ||
| Antonyms | qualified | ||
| 4. | flat stretched out and lying at full length along the ground | ||
| Samples | Found himself lying flat on the floor. | ||
| Synonyms | prostrate | ||
| Similar | unerect | ||
| Antonyms | erect, upright, vertical | ||
| 5. | flat lacking contrast or shading between tones | ||
| Domain category | photography, picture taking | ||
| Antonyms | contrasty | ||
| 6. | flat (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone | ||
| Samples | B flat. | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| Antonyms | natural, sharp | ||
| 7. | flat flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | ||
| Synonyms | compressed | ||
| Similar | thin | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| Antonyms | thick | ||
| 8. | flat lacking taste or flavor or tang | ||
| Samples | A bland diet. Insipid hospital food. Flavorless supermarket tomatoes. Vapid beer. Vapid tea. | ||
| Synonyms | bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid | ||
| Similar | tasteless | ||
| Antonyms | tasty | ||
| 9. | flat lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | ||
| Samples | A bland little drama. A flat joke. | ||
| Synonyms | bland | ||
| Similar | unexciting, unstimulating | ||
| Antonyms | stimulating | ||
| 10. | flat having lost effervescence | ||
| Samples | Flat beer. A flat cola. | ||
| Similar | noneffervescent | ||
| Antonyms | effervescent | ||
| 11. | flat sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | ||
| Samples | The owl's faint monotonous hooting. | ||
| Synonyms | monotone, monotonic, monotonous | ||
| Similar | unmodulated | ||
| Antonyms | modulated | ||
| 12. | flat horizontally level | ||
| Samples | A flat roof. | ||
| Similar | horizontal | ||
| Antonyms | vertical, inclined, perpendicular | ||
| 13. | flat lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth | ||
| Samples | A film with two-dimensional characters. A flat two-dimensional painting. | ||
| Synonyms | 2-dimensional, two-dimensional | ||
| Similar | multidimensional | ||
| Antonyms | one-dimensional, unidimensional | ||
| 14. | flat not reflecting light; not glossy | ||
| Samples | Flat wall paint. A photograph with a matte finish. | ||
| Synonyms | mat, matt, matte, matted | ||
| Similar | dull | ||
| Antonyms | bright | ||
| 15. | flat commercially inactive | ||
| Samples | Flat sales for the month. Prices remained flat. A flat market. | ||
| Similar | inactive | ||
| Antonyms | active | ||
English noun: flat | |||
| 1. | flat (object) a level tract of land | ||
| Samples | The salt flats of Utah. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | champaign, field, plain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alluvial flat, alluvial plain, salt flat, salt plain | ||
| 2. | flat (artifact) a shallow box in which seedlings are started | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | box | ||
| 3. | flat (communication) a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | musical notation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | double flat | ||
| 4. | flat (artifact) freight car without permanent sides or roof | ||
| Synonyms | flatbed, flatcar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | freight car | ||
| 5. | flat (artifact) a deflated pneumatic tire | ||
| Synonyms | flat tire | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre | ||
| 6. | flat (artifact) scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | scene, scenery | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coulisse, teaser, tormenter, tormentor, wing flat | ||
| Part meronym | mise en scene, setting, stage setting | ||
| 7. | flat (artifact) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | ||
| Synonyms | apartment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | housing, living accommodations, lodging | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room, cold-water flat, duplex, duplex apartment, efficiency apartment, flatlet, maisonette, maisonnette, penthouse, railroad flat, rooms, studio, studio apartment, suite, walk-up, walk-up apartment | ||
| Part holonym | kitchenette | ||
| Part meronym | apartment building, apartment house | ||
English adverb: flat | |||
| 1. | flat with flat sails | ||
| Samples | Sail flat against the wind. | ||
| 2. | flat in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | ||
| Samples | He didn't answer directly. Told me straight out. Came out flat for less work and more pay. | ||
| Synonyms | directly, straight | ||
| Antonyms | indirectly | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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