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The synonyms of “Flat” are: two-dimensional, categoric, categorical, unconditional, mat, matt, matte, matted, bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid, level, plane, monotone, monotonic, monotonous, prostrate, compressed, horizontal, levelled, calm, still, tranquil, pacific, undisturbed, like a millpond, shallow, not deep, wide, low, toneless, boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting, unexciting, soporific, depressed, dejected, dispirited, despondent, downhearted, disheartened, discouraged, low-spirited, down, gloomy, glum, unhappy, blue, desolate, oppressed, slow, inactive, sluggish, slow-moving, slack, quiet, not busy, stagnant, static, dead, unproductive, no longer effervescent, deflated, punctured, collapsed, pierced, empty of air, expired, finished, used up, fixed, set, regular, established, unchanging, unvarying, invariable, unfluctuating, consistent, constant, uniform, straight, hard and fast, outright, direct, out and out, downright, absolute, definite, positive, stark, all out, directly, absolutely, flat tire, flatbed, flatcar, apartment
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flat” as a noun can have the following definitions:
apartment | A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. A district of six storey apartments arranged along narrow streets. |
flat tire | A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named. |
flatbed | A vehicle with a flat load-carrying area. The flatbed of a truck. |
flatcar | A railway freight wagon without a roof or sides. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flat” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
absolute | Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. An absolute monarch. |
all out | Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class. |
bland | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. A bland diet. |
blue | Of a ski run of the second lowest level of difficulty as indicated by blue markers positioned along it. Lonely and blue in a strange city. |
boring | Not interesting; tedious. A boring evening with uninteresting people. |
calm | Not agitated; without losing self-possession. She had to keep calm at all costs. |
categoric | Not modified or restricted by reservations. A categorical denial. |
categorical | Unambiguously explicit and direct. A categorical denial. |
collapsed | (of a person) having fallen down and become unconscious. He was admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung. |
compressed | Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes. With lips compressed. |
consistent | Marked by an orderly logical and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. A consistent worldwide application of its policies. |
constant | Steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection. These discs rotate at a constant speed. |
dead | (of sound) without resonance; dull. A dead body. |
definite | Clearly true or real; unambiguous. A definite amount. |
deflated | Having suddenly lost confidence or optimism. Left us fatigued and deflated spiritually. |
dejected | Affected or marked by low spirits. He stood in the street looking dejected. |
depressed | (of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment. Depressed inner city areas. |
desolate | Providing no shelter or sustenance. The desolate surface of the moon. |
despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. Despondent about his failure. |
direct | Flowing in one direction only. There is no direct evidence that officials accepted bribes. |
discouraged | Lacking in resolution. Felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem. |
disheartened | Having lost determination or confidence; dispirited. The disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest. |
dispirited | Filled with melancholy and despondency. A dispirited and divided Party. |
down | Denoting a flavour variety of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of 1 3 In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks. The down trend in the real estate market. |
downhearted | Discouraged; in low spirits. Feeling discouraged and downhearted. |
downright | (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis. Her common sense and downright attitude to life surprised him. |
dull | Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility- Willa Cather. A dull sky. |
empty of air | Holding or containing nothing. |
established | Brought about or set up or accepted especially long established. America had no established Church. |
expired | Having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time. Caught driving with an expired license. |
finished | (of a person’s work) expert or accomplished. Gave me the finished manuscript. |
fixed | Fixed and unmoving. With eyes set in a fixed glassy stare. |
flavorless | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. Flavorless supermarket tomatoes. |
flavourless | (of food or drink) lacking flavour; bland or tasteless. He delivers his flavourless dialogue in a listless deadpan. |
gloomy | Filled with melancholy and despondency. The gloomy forest. |
glum | Showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bli. A glum hopeless shrug. |
hard and fast | Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. |
horizontal | Of machinery having its parts working in a horizontal direction. A horizontal line. |
inactive | Not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert. An inactive Russian spy. |
insipid | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. An insipid personality. |
invariable | (of a quantity) constant. His routine was invariable. |
level | Of the score in a contest. The car backed rapidly until it was level with me. |
levelled | Oriented at right angles to the plumb. |
like a millpond | Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination. |
low | Of a vowel pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth open. The standard of living is low. |
low-spirited | Filled with melancholy and despondency. |
mat | Not reflecting light; not glossy. A photograph with a matte finish. |
matt | (of a colour, paint, or surface) dull and flat; without a shine. A matt black. |
matte | Not reflecting light; not glossy. A photograph with a matte finish. |
matted | Tangled in a dense mass. The matted floor. |
monotone | (of a voice or other sound) unchanging in pitch; without intonation or expressiveness. His monotone reading of the two hour report. |
monotonic | Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. Her dour monotonic husband. |
monotonous | Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest. Her slurred monotonous speech. |
no longer effervescent | Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. |
not busy | Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line. |
not deep | With head or back bent low. |
oppressed | Subject to harsh and authoritarian treatment. Oppressed by a sense of failure. |
out and out | Directed outward or serving to direct something outward. |
outright | Without reservation or exception. An outright victory. |
pacific | Relating to the Pacific Ocean. A pacific gesture. |
pierced | Having a hole cut through. Pierced ears. |
plane | Relating to only two-dimensional surfaces or magnitudes. Plane and solid geometry. |
positive | Having a positive charge. Protons are positive. |
prostrate | Lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downwards. Mats of prostrate herbs can be used to break up expanses of soil. |
punctured | Having a hole cut through. A punctured balloon. |
quiet | (of a place, period of time, or situation) without much activity, disturbance, or excitement. All he wanted was a quiet drink. |
regular | Relating to a person who does something regularly. A regular beat. |
savorless | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. |
savourless | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. |
set | Set down according to a plan. A house set on a hilltop. |
shallow | Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply. His arguments seemed shallow and tedious. |
slack | (of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet. Slack and wrinkled skin. |
slow | Slow to learn or understand lacking intellectual acuity. A slow dot matrix printer. |
slow-moving | Moving slowly. |
sluggish | Slow and apathetic. Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish. |
soporific | Sleepy or drowsy. A libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific. |
stagnant | Not growing or changing; without force or vitality. Stagnant water. |
stark | Severely simple. Facing the stark reality of the deadline. |
static | Concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity. The film is vulnerable to the collection of static charges. |
still | Marked by absence of sound. Scarcely a ripple on the still water. |
straight | Simple straightforward. It ll take a long time to get the place straight. |
tedious | Using or containing too many words. A tedious journey. |
toneless | Lacking in tone or expression. He began to sing in a toneless voice. |
tranquil | Not agitated; without losing self-possession. Her tranquil gaze. |
two-dimensional | Involving two dimensions. |
unchanging | Showing little if any change. The party stood for unchanging principles. |
unconditional | Not modified or restricted by reservations. Unconditional surrender. |
undisturbed | Untroubled by interference or disturbance. He could pursue his studies undisturbed. |
unexciting | Not exciting; dull. An unexciting novel. |
unfluctuating | Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall. |
unhappy | Causing discomfort. Had an unhappy time at school. |
uniform | Denoting a garment forming part of a person s uniform. A uniform package of amenities at a choice of hotels. |
uninteresting | Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative. A very uninteresting account of her trip. |
unproductive | Not producing desired results. The talks between labor and management were unproductive. |
unvarying | Unvarying in nature. The unvarying routine of parsonage life. |
used up | Employed in accomplishing something- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker. |
vapid | Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest. A vapid conversation. |
wide | Very large in expanse or scope. How wide do you think this house is. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flat” as an adverb can have the following definitions:
absolutely | Used to emphasize a strong or exaggerated statement. Dad was absolutely furious. |
directly | At once; immediately. The decisions directly affect people s health. |
outright | Immediately or instantly. They decided to buy the company outright. |
straight | In a straight line directly. Keep straight on. |
aviator | A pair of aviator sunglasses. He has a short grey beard and wears a flannel shirt jeans and aviator glasses. |
balloon | Travel by hot air balloon. The company s debt has ballooned in the last five years. |
banal | So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Songs with banal repeated words. |
batten | Strengthen or fasten something with battens. Batten down a ship s hatches. |
blanket | Cover as if with a blanket. Snow blanketed the fields. |
boring | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. A boring evening with uninteresting people. |
cardboard | Pasteboard or stiff paper. With its superficial cardboard characters the novel was typical of her work. |
carpet | Cover with a carpet. The floor was covered with carpet. |
deflate | Become deflated or flaccid as by losing air. Deflate a balloon. |
disc | An object or part resembling a disc in shape or appearance. The smudged yellow disc of the moon. |
drone | A musical instrument or part of one sounding a continuous note of low pitch in particular also drone pipe a pipe in a bagpipe or also drone string a string in an instrument such as a hurdy gurdy or a sitar. He reached for another beer while Jim droned on. |
dull | Make dull or blunt. Dull days with nothing to do. |
featureless | Lacking distinguishing characteristics or features. The featureless landscape of the steppe. |
flooded | Covered with water. A flooded bathroom. |
floor | The occupants of a floor. The champion floored Close with an uppercut. |
humdrum | Monotonous routine. An escape from the humdrum of his life. |
lowland | Of relatively low or level country. Economic power gravitated towards the lowlands. |
mat | A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it. A beach mat. |
monotone | Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value. His monotone reading of the two hour report. |
monotonous | Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity. |
monotony | Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection. Depression flattens the voice almost to monotony. |
puncture | Sustain a puncture. The tire punctured. |
rug | A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor. Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug in front of the fire. |
shrink | Become or make smaller in size or amount. You should see a shrink. |
tedious | Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous. A tedious journey. |
tire | Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. The training tired us out. |
unchanged | Not made or become different. The causes that produced them have remained unchanged. |
unremarkable | Found in the ordinary course of events. An unremarkable house. |
unvaried | Lacking variety. A plain unvaried diet. |
yoga | Discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion. Yoga classes. |
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