| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | flae't |
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| Rhymes | acrobat, Arafat, aristocrat, and 60 more rhymes in aet at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another. |
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| Examples | "a flat desk" |
| Synonyms | level, plane |
| Similar to | even |
| Meaning | Having no depth or thickness. |
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| Similar to | planar, two-dimensional |
| Meaning | Not modified or restricted by reservations. |
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| Examples | "a flat refusal" |
| Synonyms | categoric, categorical, unconditional |
| Similar to | unqualified |
| Adverbs | flatly |
| Meaning | Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. |
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| Examples | "found himself lying flat on the floor" |
| Synonyms | prostrate |
| Similar to | unerect |
| Meaning | Lacking contrast or shading between tones. |
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| Category | photography, picture taking |
| Similar | underdeveloped |
| Contrary | contrasty |
| Meaning | Lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. |
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| Examples | "B flat" |
| Category | music |
| Contrary | natural; sharp |
| Meaning | Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). |
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| Synonyms | compressed |
| Category | biology, biological science |
| Similar to | thin |
| Meaning | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. |
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| Synonyms | bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
| Similar to | tasteless |
| Meaning | Lacking stimulating characteristics. Uninteresting. |
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| Examples | "a flat joke" |
| Synonyms | bland |
| Similar to | unstimulating, unexciting |
| Meaning | Having lost effervescence. |
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| Examples | "flat beer"; "a flat cola" |
| Similar to | noneffervescent |
| Meaning | Not increasing as the amount taxed increases. |
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| Synonyms | fixed |
| Similar to | regressive |
| Meaning | Not made with leavening. |
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| Examples | "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough" |
| Synonyms | unraised |
| Similar to | unleavened |
| Meaning | Parallel to the ground. |
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| Examples | "a flat roof" |
| Similar to | horizontal |
| Meaning | Without pleats. |
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| Synonyms | unpleated |
| Similar to | unfolded |
| Meaning | Lacking the expected range or depth. Not designed to give an illusion or depth. |
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| Examples | "a flat two-dimensional painting" |
| Synonyms | two-dimensional |
| Similar to | multidimensional |
| Meaning | (of a tire) completely or partially deflated. |
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| Similar to | deflated |
| Meaning | Not reflecting light. Not glossy. |
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| Examples | "flat wall paint" |
| Synonyms | mat, matt, matte, matted |
| Similar to | dull |
| Meaning | Lacking variety in shading. |
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| Examples | "a flat unshaded painting" |
| Similar to | unshaded |
| Meaning | A level tract of land. |
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| Narrower | salt flat, salt plain |
| Broader | plain, field, champaign |
| Meaning | A shallow box in which seedlings are started. |
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| Broader | box |
| Meaning | A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named. |
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| Narrower | double flat |
| Broader | musical notation |
| Meaning | Freight car without permanent sides or roof. |
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| Synonyms | flatcar, flatbed |
| Broader | freight car |
| Meaning | A deflated pneumatic tire. |
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| Synonyms | flat tire |
| Broader | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre |
| Meaning | Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas. Part of a stage setting. |
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| Part of | mise en scene, stage setting, setting |
| Narrower | coulisse, wing flat; tormenter, tormentor, teaser |
| Broader | scenery, scene |
| Meaning | A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. |
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| Synonyms | apartment |
| Part of | apartment building, apartment house |
| Parts | kitchenette |
| Narrower | bedsitting room, bedsitter, bedsit; cold-water flat; duplex apartment, duplex; efficiency apartment; flatlet; maisonette, maisonnette; penthouse; railroad flat; studio apartment, studio; suite, rooms; walk-up apartment, walk-up |
| Broader | housing, lodging, living accommodations |
| Meaning | At full length. |
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| Examples | "he fell flat on his face" |
| Meaning | With flat sails. |
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| Examples | "sail flat against the wind" |
| Meaning | Below the proper pitch. |
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| Examples | "she sang flat last night" |
| Meaning | Against a flat surface. |
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| Examples | "he lay flat on his back" |
| Meaning | In a forthright manner. Candidly or frankly. |
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| Examples | "came out flat for less work and more pay" |
| Synonyms | directly, straight |
| Contrary | indirectly |
| Meaning | Wholly or completely. |
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| Examples | "He is flat broke" |