| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, smooth |
Synonyms: |
collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deflated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, flush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken |
Antonyms: |
broken, elevated, raised, rough, rounded, rugged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lackluster to the senses |
Synonyms: |
banal, blah, bland, blind, boring, colorless, dead, dim, drab, draggy, flavorless, ho hum, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, lead balloon, lifeless, matte, monotonous, muted, pointless, prosaic, prosy, sapless, spiritless, stale, tasteless, tedious, uninteresting, unpalatable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla, vapid, watery, weak, whitebread |
Antonyms: |
bubbly, effervescent, sharp |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, positive |
Synonyms: |
categorical, direct, downright, explicit, final, fixed, indubitable, out-and-out, peremptory, plain, straight, unconditional, unequivocal, unmistakable, unqualified, unquestionable |
Antonyms: |
indefinite |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complement, enhance |
Synonyms: |
adorn, beautify, become, decorate, do something for, embellish, enrich, finish, go with, grace, ornament, perfect, put in best light, set off, show to advantage, suit |
Antonyms: |
mismatch |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
flat, accumbent, aclinal, agroof, alluvial, applanate, calm, calm as a mill pond, campestral, champaign, couchant, decubital, decumbent, discoid, even, flat as a billiard table, flat as a board, flat as a bowling-green, flat as a flounder, flat as a fluke, flat as a pancake, flat as my hand, flush, horizontal, jacent, level, lying, oblate, planar, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, raxed, rectiserial, recumbent, smooth, smooth as glass, supine, ventricumbent
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| Main Entry: | apathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncaring, disinterested |
Synonyms: |
blah*, callous, cold, cool, could care less, couldn't care less, don't give a damn, draggy, emotionless, flat, impassive, indifferent, insensible, laid-back*, languid, moony, passive, stoic, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched, what the hell, wimpy |
Antonyms: |
caring, concerned, interested, responsive |
| Main Entry: | arid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninterested, spiritless |
Synonyms: |
boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, tedious, unanimated, uninspired, vapid, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
interested, lively, spirited |
| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
Synonyms: |
blah*, bland, bromidic, clichéd, common, conventional, cornball, cornfed, corny, dull as dishwater, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, ho hum, hokey, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, noplace, nothing, nowhere, old hat, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy, zero* |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, original |
| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofitable |
Synonyms: |
dull, flat, fruitless, futile, lackluster, profitless, stale, uninspiring, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, vain, vapid |
Antonyms: |
developing, growing, productive, profitable |