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flat
Synonyms and Antonyms of flat
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being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent
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causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying
aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritless
blank, earthbound, gray (also grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacular
annoying, bothersome, irksome, irritating
draining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing
demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting
common, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapid
cumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky (or pokey)
amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
animating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling
amusing, diverting, entertaining
alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
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having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities
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having been established and usually not subject to change
certain, determinate, final, firm, fixed, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, inexpugnable, set, settled, stable
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having no exceptions or restrictions
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
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lacking a surface luster or gloss
buffed, burnished, glazed, lacquered, polished, rubbed, shellacked, varnished
gemmy, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, shining, sparkling, twinkling
beaming, bedazzling, bright, brightened, brilliant, candescent, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining
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lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character
unexciting, uninspiring, unrewarding
bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, lifeless, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
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lacking in taste or flavor
Synonym Discussion of flat
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- the vast prairies are nearly level
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- the work surface must be flat
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- the plane sides of a crystal
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- trim the hedge so it is even
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- a smooth skating rink
flat
Synonyms and Antonyms of flat
to a full extent or degree
all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max
flat
Synonyms and Antonyms of flat
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
bed-sitter (also bedsit) [British], cohousing, condo, condominium, duplex, duplex apartment, efficiency, efficiency apartment, flatlet [British], floor-through, garden apartment, granny flat [chiefly British], maisonette, penthouse, railroad flat, salon, saloon [chiefly British], studio, studio apartment, triplex, walk-up
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