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Main Entry: recumbent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying down

Synonyms:

decumbent, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, resupine, sprawling, supine
Notes: supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position
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: horizontal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying flat

Synonyms:

accumbent, aligned, even, flush, level, parallel, plane, recumbent, regular, smooth, straight, uniform

Antonyms:

upright, vertical
Main Entry: prone
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying down

Synonyms:

decumbent, face down, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, resupine, supine
Notes: apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence
prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back
supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position

Antonyms:

sitting, straight, upright
Main Entry: prostrate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flat, horizontal

Synonyms:

abject, bowed low, procumbent, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine

Antonyms:

erect, straight, upright, vertical
Main Entry: supine
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying down

Synonyms:

decumbent, flat, flat on one's back, horizontal, level, procumbent, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, stretched out
Main Entry: creeping
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: given to creeping

Synonyms:

climbing, clinging, growing along the ground, horizontal, procumbent, prostrate, recumbent, reptant, reptilian, serpentine, spreading, stoloniferous, trailing, vermicular, vinelike

Antonyms:

standing, upright, vertical
Main Entry: flat on one's back
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying flat

Synonyms:

horizontal, laying down, parallel, recumbent, supine
Main Entry: reclining
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying

Synonyms:

decumbent, flat, leaning, loner, recumbent, troglodyte

Antonyms:

sitting, standing
Main Entry: decumbent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lying down

Synonyms:

accumbent, flat, horizontal, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent
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