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flip

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of flip

making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred

  • made some flip comment about the marriage between the old man and the considerably younger woman
Synonyms of flip

cute, facetious, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smart-assed, smarty-pants, wise, wiseass
Words Related to flip

flighty, frivolous

cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impish, impudent, mischievous, playful, roguish, sassy, saucy, waggish

disrespectful, rude

breezy, casual, glib, inappropriate, thoughtless
Near Antonyms of flip

grave, serious, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre)
Antonyms of flip

earnest, sincere

flip

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of flip

1 to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner

  • flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use
Synonyms of flip

leaf, riffle, skim, thumb
Words Related to flip

browse, dip

glance (at), look over, scan
Near Antonyms of flip

pore (over)

study

2 to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing

  • flip the coin over
Synonyms of flip

invert, reverse, turn over
Words Related to flip

transpose

exchange, interchange, shift, switch

overturn, upset

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