FLATTENS Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

flattens

verb

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present tense third-person singular of flatten

as in smooths

to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern

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as in buries

to defeat by a large margin if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play

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Recent Examples of flattens Deal lethargy kills that electricity slowly, the way a slow leak flattens a tire. —

George Heller, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026 Accessibility Not particularly, although the undulating ground flattens off around Nucciola and Amandula. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 The vacuum’s swivel head flattens against the floor to slide under low-lying furniture. —

Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026 The first concept expands the lottery to 18 teams and flattens odds heavily, with the bottom 10 teams each sitting at 8% to land the top pick and the remaining 20% distributed among the next eight teams, plus a drawing for all 18 picks. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026 Robby’s pivot is, of course, intentional, a way for The Pitt to highlight how burnout flattens committed frontline workers into people who simply can’t do it anymore. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026 Like the space bags of infomercials past, this more aesthetic option flattens almost completely, leaving plenty of room for potential souvenirs. —

Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Mar. 2026 Some people would argue that the basic apparatus of cinema — a camera that then flattens images into two dimensions to be projected on a screen — hasn’t changed much since the Lumière brothers, despite obvious technological advancements. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 Instead of feeling like the padding flattens out halfway through the day, these stay soft and supportive mile after mile. —

Olivia Cefalu, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026

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Check out this conditioner that smooths and softens strands while adding a bit of shine, so your hair looks healthier without a ton of effort.

— Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In the other direction, the PCS absorbs and smooths transients caused by sudden load swings in the data center that would otherwise disrupt the grid.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026