FLAT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
   Synonym(s)
   • apartment (what does apartment mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • housing (what does housing mean?)
   • lodging (what does lodging mean?)
   • living accommodations (what does living accommodations mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bedsitting room (what does bedsitting room mean?)
   • bedsitter (what does bedsitter mean?)
   • bedsit (what does bedsit mean?)
   • cold-water flat (what does cold-water flat mean?)
   • duplex apartment (what does duplex apartment mean?)
   • duplex (what does duplex mean?)
   • efficiency apartment (what does efficiency apartment mean?)
   • flatlet (what does flatlet mean?)
   • maisonette (what does maisonette mean?)
   • maisonnette (what does maisonnette mean?)
   • penthouse (what does penthouse mean?)
   • railroad flat (what does railroad flat mean?)
   • studio apartment (what does studio apartment mean?)
   • studio (what does studio mean?)
   • suite (what does suite mean?)
   • rooms (what does rooms mean?)
   • walk-up apartment (what does walk-up apartment mean?)
   • walk-up (what does walk-up mean?)
2. Meaning
   • scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas
   • part of a stage setting
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • scenery (what does scenery mean?)
   • scene (what does scene mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • coulisse (what does coulisse mean?)
   • wing flat (what does wing flat mean?)
   • tormenter (what does tormenter mean?)
   • tormentor (what does tormentor mean?)
   • teaser (what does teaser mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a deflated pneumatic tire
   Synonym(s)
   • flat tire (what does flat tire mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pneumatic tire (what does pneumatic tire mean?)
   • pneumatic tyre (what does pneumatic tyre mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a shallow box in which seedlings are started
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • box (what does box mean?)
5. Meaning
   • freight car without permanent sides or roof
   Synonym(s)
   • flatbed (what does flatbed mean?)
   • flatcar (what does flatcar mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • freight car (what does freight car mean?)
6. Meaning
   • a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • musical notation (what does musical notation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • double flat (what does double flat mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a level tract of land
   Hypernyms(s) flat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • field (what does field mean?)
   • champaign (what does champaign mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • salt flat (what does salt flat mean?)
   • salt plain (what does salt plain mean?)

FLAT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lacking variety in shading
   Usage Example(s)
   • a flat unshaded painting
   Similar To
   • unshaded (what does unshaded mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not reflecting light
   • not glossy
   Synonym(s)
   • mat (what does mat mean?)
   • matt (what does matt mean?)
   • matte (what does matte mean?)
   • matted (what does matted mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • flat wall paint
   • a photograph with a matte finish
   Similar To
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
   Similar To
   • deflated (what does deflated mean?)
4. Meaning
   • having no depth or thickness
   Similar To
   • planar (what does planar mean?)
   • two-dimensional (what does two-dimensional mean?)
5. Meaning
   • lacking the expected range or depth
   • not designed to give an illusion or depth
   Synonym(s)
   • two-dimensional (what does two-dimensional mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a film with two-dimensional characters
   • a flat two-dimensional painting
   Similar To
   • multidimensional (what does multidimensional mean?)
6. Meaning
   • having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another
   Synonym(s)
   • level (what does level mean?)
   • plane (what does plane mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a flat desk
   • acres of level farmland
   • a plane surface
   Similar To
   • even (what does even mean?)
7. Meaning
   • lacking contrast or shading between tones
   Antonym(s)
   • contrasty (what does contrasty mean?)
   Similar To
   • underdeveloped (what does underdeveloped mean?)
8. Meaning
   • without pleats
   Synonym(s)
   • unpleated (what does unpleated mean?)
   Similar To
   • unfolded (what does unfolded mean?)
9. Meaning
   • parallel to the ground
   Usage Example(s)
   • a flat roof
   Similar To
   • horizontal (what does horizontal mean?)
10. Meaning
    • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
    Synonym(s)
    • prostrate (what does prostrate mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • found himself lying flat on the floor
    Similar To
    • unerect (what does unerect mean?)
11. Meaning
    • not made with leavening
    Synonym(s)
    • unraised (what does unraised mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • most flat breads are made from unleavened dough
    Similar To
    • unleavened (what does unleavened mean?)
12. Meaning
    • lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
    Usage Example(s)
    • B flat
    Antonym(s)
    • natural (what does natural mean?)
    • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
13. Meaning
    • not increasing as the amount taxed increases
    Synonym(s)
    • fixed (what does fixed mean?)
    Similar To
    • regressive (what does regressive mean?)
14. Meaning
    • not modified or restricted by reservations
    Synonym(s)
    • categoric (what does categoric mean?)
    • categorical (what does categorical mean?)
    • unconditional (what does unconditional mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a categorical denial
    • a flat refusal
    Similar To
    • unqualified (what does unqualified mean?)
15. Meaning
    • having lost effervescence
    Usage Example(s)
    • flat beer
    • a flat cola
    Similar To
    • noneffervescent (what does noneffervescent mean?)
16. Meaning
    • lacking stimulating characteristics
    • uninteresting
    Synonym(s)
    • bland (what does bland mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a bland little drama
    • a flat joke
    Similar To
    • unstimulating (what does unstimulating mean?)
    • unexciting (what does unexciting mean?)
17. Meaning
    • lacking taste or flavor or tang
    Synonym(s)
    • bland (what does bland mean?)
    • flavorless (what does flavorless mean?)
    • flavourless (what does flavourless mean?)
    • insipid (what does insipid mean?)
    • savorless (what does savorless mean?)
    • savourless (what does savourless mean?)
    • vapid (what does vapid mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a bland diet
    • insipid hospital food
    • flavorless supermarket tomatoes
    • vapid beer
    • vapid tea
    Similar To
    • tasteless (what does tasteless mean?)
18. Meaning
    • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
    Synonym(s)
    • compressed (what does compressed mean?)
    Similar To
    • thin (what does thin mean?)

FLAT as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • wholly or completely
   Usage Example(s)
   • He is flat broke
2. Meaning
   • in a forthright manner
   • candidly or frankly
   Synonym(s)
   • directly (what does directly mean?)
   • straight (what does straight mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he didn”t answer directly
   • told me straight out
   • came out flat for less work and more pay
   Antonym(s)
   • indirectly (what does indirectly mean?)
   Pertainym(s)
   • direct (what does direct mean?)
3. Meaning
   • at full length
   Usage Example(s)
   • he fell flat on his face
4. Meaning
   • against a flat surface
   Usage Example(s)
   • he lay flat on his back
5. Meaning
   • below the proper pitch
   Usage Example(s)
   • she sang flat last night
6. Meaning
   • with flat sails
   Usage Example(s)
   • sail flat against the wind