Antonyms for flat
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : flat |
| Phonetic Transcription : flæt |
Definition of flat
Origin :- early 14c., from Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz (cf. Old Saxon flat "flat, shallow,: Old High German flaz "flat, level," Old English flet, Old High German flezzi "floor"), perhaps from PIE *plat- "to spread" (cf. Greek platys "broad, flat;" see plaice (n.)).
- Sense of "prosaic, dull" is from 1570s; used of drink from c.1600; of musical notes from 1590s, because the tone is "lowered." Flat-out (adv.) "openly, directly" is from 1932; earlier it was a noun meaning "total failure" (1870, U.S. colloquial).
- adj level, smooth
- adj dull, lackluster to the senses
- adj absolute, positive
- noun apartment
- Camped on a gully with some old feed in the flat, in latitude 27 degrees 49 minutes.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Sidney could hear her moving about with flat, inelastic steps.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- When he found that the ice was out and the beer warm and flat, he was furious.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Linda laid her palm on the top of the sand heap and pressed it flat.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- I'd been cleaned out o' everything I had by a man I trusted, and I was flat broke.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- And outside of this little circle is all the flat top of Ytaioa representing the world.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- He must remember to ask Gidney for a copy of the play-bill to hang up in his flat!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- She was sitting in front of the fire when he entered the flat.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Until then, he would stay at the flat, taking his meals at restaurants.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- You may either roll them up, or lay them flat on the plates.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
Synonyms for flat
- banal
- blah
- bland
- blind
- boring
- categorical
- chambers
- co-op
- collapsed
- colorless
- complanate
- condo
- crash pad
- dead
- decumbent
- deflated
- depressed
- dim
- direct
- downright
- drab
- draggy
- empty
- even
- explicit
- extended
- fallen
- final
- fixed
- flavorless
- floor-through
- flush
- go-down
- ho hum
- horizontal
- inane
- indubitable
- innocuous
- insipid
- jejune
- joint
- laid low
- lead balloon
- lifeless
- lodging
- low
- matte
- monotonous
- muted
- oblate
- out-and-out
- outstretched
- pad
- pancake
- peremptory
- plain
- planar
- planate
- plane
- pointless
- procumbent
- prone
- prosaic
- prostrate
- prosy
- punctured
- railroad apartment
- reclining
- recumbent
- rental
- room
- rooms
- sapless
- spiritless
- splay
- spread out
- stale
- straight
- suite
- supine
- tabular
- tasteless
- tedious
- tenement
- unbroken
- unconditional
- unequivocal
- uninteresting
- unmistakable
- unpalatable
- unqualified
- unquestionable
- unsavory
- unseasoned
- vanilla
- vapid
- walk-up
- watery
- weak
- whitebread
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