Synonyms of flattens

flattens

verb

present tense third-person singular of flatten

1

as in smooths

to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps

flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smooths
• shaves
• planes
• rakes
• evens
• smoothens
• trims
• levels
• lays
• crops
• clips
• spreads
• prunes
• pares
• combs
• presses
• surfaces
• cards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughens
• coarsens
• roughs
• bends
• wrinkles
• pits
• rumples
• dents
• kinks

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buries
• overcomes
• annihilates
• throws
• overwhelms
• smothers
• upsets
• clobbers
• whips
• bombs
• thrashes
• takes
• tops
• wallops
• destroys
• beats
• dusts
• routs
• trims
• blows away
• sweeps
• trounces
• pastes
• surpasses
• smokes
• masters
• exceeds
• conquers
• succeeds
• waxes
• scores
• subdues
• skins
• whomps
• creams
• tromps
• crushes
• drubs
• eats alive
• surmounts
• whups
• whops
• overpowers
• beats the pants off
• upends
• snows under
• transcends
• dispatches
• subjugates
• vanquishes
• wipes the floor with
• shellacs
• caps
• runs circles around
• excels
• licks
• prevails (over)
• outstrips
• outdoes
• outshines
• overthrows
• slaughters
• finishes
• wins (against)
• triumphs (over)
• bests
• outdistances
• eclipses
• skunks
• overbears
• overtops
• hurdles
• flourishes
• breaks
• knocks over
• sinks
• knocks off
• betters
• edges (out)
• noses out
• overmatches
• worsts
• aces (out)
• does in
• pips
• outfights

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flattens

Japanese is a high-context language, meaning that more can be conveyed with less; an English translation naturally bloats the word count and flattens the cultural context. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Franklyn-Miller is certainly pretty, serving as a fine face for this story, but the screenplay (by Erwin, Diederik Hoogstraten and Tom Provost) flattens his character into a basic cookie-cutter hero. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

The metric flattens that difference into a number that appears precise and is actually only a starting point. — Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

The scroll has been digitally unwrapped using a technique pioneered by Seales called Volume Cartographer, which takes scans of a 3D manuscript, layer by layer, and then effectively flattens these into 2D images that can then be read. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026

The vacuum’s swivel head flattens against the floor to slide under low-lying furniture. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

Franck may have good reasons to be terrorizing Nora’s family, but explaining them away only flattens his character as the titular party plays out like your average hostage scenario, with a few negligible tweaks and flourishes. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026

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