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flat

/ˈflæt/noun, adjective, adverb1 syllable

Flat means: lacking taste or flavor or tang.

Synonyms for flat58

noun, as in freight car without permanent sides or roof

flatcar, flatbed

noun, as in a deflated pneumatic tire

flat tire

noun, as in a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

apartment

adjective, as in lacking taste or flavor or tang

bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid, tasteless

adjective, as in not reflecting light; not glossy

mat, matt, matte, matted, dull

adjective, as in not modified or restricted by reservations

categoric, categorical, unconditional, unqualified

adjective, as in sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

monotone, monotonic, monotonous, unmodulated

adjective, as in having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

adjective, as in lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

bland, unstimulating, unexciting

adjective, as in lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, multidimensional

adjective, as in having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

planar, two-dimensional

adjective, as in stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

prostrate, unerect

adjective, as in flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

adjective, as in having lost effervescence

noneffervescent

adjective, as in horizontally level

adjective, as in commercially inactive

adverb, as in in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

also used for flat

deflated, puncture, still, flabby, smooth, uniform, boring, uninteresting, unfizzy, absolutely, completely, utterly, bluntly, curtly, tops

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of flat

contrasty, natural, sharp

What does flat mean?24

adjective

1

lacking taste or flavor or tang“a bland diet”

2

not reflecting light; not glossy“flat wall paint”

3

not modified or restricted by reservations“a categorical denial”

4

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch“the owl's faint monotonous hooting”

5

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another“a flat desk”

6

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting“a bland little drama”

7

lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth“a film with two-dimensional characters”

8

having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness“flat computer monitors”

9

stretched out and lying at full length along the ground“found himself lying flat on the floor”

10

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

11

having lost effervescence“flat beer”

12

horizontally level“a flat roof”

13

commercially inactive“flat sales for the month”

14

lacking contrast or shading between tones

15

(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone“B flat”

noun

1

freight car without permanent sides or roof

2

a deflated pneumatic tire

3

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

4

a level tract of land“the salt flats of Utah”

5

a shallow box in which seedlings are started

6

a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

7

scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

adverb

1

in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly“he didn't answer directly”

2

with flat sails“sail flat against the wind”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flat?20

three syllables

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Flat in a sentence

  • You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?unknown
  • Mummy, that man just fell flat on his face!fcbond
  • A warm, lazy breeze wafts across the flat, endless fields.darinmex
  • No matter how flat you make a pancake, it always has two sides.Spamster
  • Since the flat is actually a hotel, will the room be cleaned every day?DostKaplan
  • The flat is really nice, but there's hardly any room to put things away.sundown
  • The flat is really nice, but there's hardly any storage space.sundown
  • I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.Dejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of flat

as a noun

plural
flats

as a adjective

comparative
flatter
superlative
flattest