Nouns (6)
flat
n. a shallow box in which seedlings are started
flat
n. scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
flat
n. a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
flat
n. a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
apartment
n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
flatcar
n. freight car without permanent sides or roof
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (10)
flat
adv. at full length: "He fell flat on his face"
flat
adv. against a flat surface: "He lay flat on his back"
flat
adv. below the proper pitch: "She sang flat last night"
flat
adv. with flat sails: "sail flat against the wind"
clear, wholly
adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
flop, right, straight, directly
adv. 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"
Adjectives (28)
flat
adj. having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"
flat
adj. lacking contrast or shading between tones
flat
adj. horizontally level; "a flat roof"
flat
adj. lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
flat
adj. having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
unpleated
adj. (unfolded)
prostrate
adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
unraised
adj. (unleavened)
fixed
adj. (of taxes) not increasing as the amount taxed increases
plane, level
adj. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
compressed, flattened
adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
dull, vapid
adj. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
unconditional, categoric, categorical
adj. not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
mat, matt, matte, matted
adj. not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
insipid, bland, flavorless, flavourless, savorless, savourless
adj. lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
Fuzzynyms (59)
airplane, aeroplane, plane
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
room
n. an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
residence, hall, mansion, manse, mansion house
n. a large and imposing house
bungalow, cottage
n. a small house with a single story
camper, trailer, mobile home, house trailer, camping bus
n. a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling
shelter
n. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
bay, alcove
n. a small recess opening off a larger room
chamber, bedroom, bedchamber, sleeping room
n. a room used primarily for sleeping
office
n. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
edge, margin
n. a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"
low
adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
flat, compressed, flattened
adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
low
adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
flat, prostrate
adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
harmless, innocuous
adj. not injurious to physical or mental health
total, absolute, unconditioned
adj. without conditions or limitations; "a total ban"
unrestricted
adj. not restricted or modified in meaning; "unrestricted verbs are usually stronger than those qualified by adverbs"
unappetizing, distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury
adj. not pleasing in odor or taste
nasty
adj. offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
foul, vile, noisome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening
adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
stale
adj. showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"
straight, square, direct, directly
adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
face-to-face, directly, man-to-man
adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
face-to-face
adv. "She found herself face-to-face with a policeman"
Synonyms (123)
coplanar
adj. lying in the same plane
placoid, platelike
adj. as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
planate, flattened
adj. having been flattened
tabular
adj. flat; like a table in form
two-dimensional, two dimensional
adj. involving two dimensions
crosswise
adj. in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
level
adj. being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level"
swimming, naiant
adj. applied to a fish depicted horizontally
noncarbonated, uncarbonated
adj. not having carbonation
open
adj. "unfolded wings"; "an open newspaper"
spread-eagle, sprawled, sprawling, sprawly
adj. sitting or lying with limbs outstretched
unrolled
adj. (unfolded)
reclining, accumbent, decumbent, recumbent, lying down
adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
bent, bowed, inclined
adj. used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"
nodding, cernuous, drooping, pendulous
adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
couchant
adj. lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
huddled, crouched, crouching, hunkered, hunkered down
adj. squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down"
sleeping, dormant
adj. lying with head on paws as if sleeping
hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked
adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
kneeling
adj. (unerect)
leaning
adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
lolling, lounging
adj. lying in a relaxed manner
prostrate, prone
adj. lying face downward
slouched, slouching, slumped
adj. with shoulders drooping
supine, resupine
adj. lying face upward
graduated
adj. (of taxes) decreasing as the amount taxed increases
flush
adj. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"
level
adj. oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"
straight, regular
adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
smooth
adj. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
straight, true
adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
anorexic
adj. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
bladed
adj. composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; "bladed arsenopyrite"
bony, wasted, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal
adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
adj. characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
slight, slim, delicate, slender
adj. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
gangling, gangly, lanky
adj. tall and thin
lank, spindly
adj. long and lean
rawboned
adj. having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand"
reedy, twiggy
adj. resembling a reed in being upright and slender
scarecrowish
adj. resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure"
scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
adj. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
shrunken, shriveled, withered, shrivelled
adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
adj. having a small waist
spare, trim
adj. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
adj. having long slender legs
stringy, wiry
adj. lean and sinewy
slight, wispy, wisplike
adj. thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
wizen, wizened
adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
soothing
adj. affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"
clean
adj. free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
thoroughgoing, unlimited, outright, straight-out
adj. without reservation or exception
lusterless, lustreless
adj. lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair"
unseasoned, unsalted
adj. without salt or seasoning
Antonyms (22)
contrasty
adj. having sharp differences between black and white
vertical
adj. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
bluff, sharp, abrupt, precipitous
adj. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
natural
adj. (of a key) containing no sharps or flats; (of a note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural"
sharp
adj. raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp"
effervescent
adj. (of a liquid) giving off bubbles
erect
adj. upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
uneven
adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"
qualified
adj. limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"
about, around, some, approximately, roughly, more or less, or so
adv. "I have roughly $3,000"
vertically
adv. in a vertical direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
indirectly, obliquely
adv. not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
flat
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