Main entry: flat
Definition: lacking contrast or shading between tones
Antonyms: contrasty
Definition: having sharp differences between black and white
Main entry: flat
Definition: (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Usage: B flat
Antonyms: natural
Definition: (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Main entry: flat
Definition: horizontally level
Usage: a flat roof
Antonyms: perpendicular, vertical
Definition: at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
Antonyms: inclined
Definition: at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
Main entry: flat, plane, level
Definition: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Usage: a flat desk; acres of level farmland; a plane surface; skirts sewn with fine flat seams
Antonyms: uneven
Definition: not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
Definition: not divisible by two
Main entry: flat, compressed
Definition: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Antonyms: inspissate, thicken
Definition: make thick or thicker
Antonyms: thicken, inspissate
Definition: become thick or thicker
Antonyms: fat
Definition: having an (over)abundance of flesh
Antonyms: full
Definition: (of sound) having marked deepness and body
Antonyms: thick
Definition: not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
Antonyms: thick
Definition: relatively dense in consistency
Main entry: flat, matt, matte, matted, mat
Definition: not reflecting light; not glossy
Usage: flat wall paint; a photograph with a matte finish
Antonyms: sharpen
Definition: make sharp or sharper
Antonyms: bright
Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Antonyms: lively
Definition: full of life and energy
Main entry: flat
Definition: commercially inactive
Usage: flat sales for the month; prices remained flat; a flat market
Antonyms: active
Definition: characterized by energetic activity
Antonyms: active
Definition: engaged in full-time work
Antonyms: active
Definition: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
Antonyms: active
Definition: tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Antonyms: active
Definition: exerting influence or producing a change or effect
Main entry: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional
Definition: not modified or restricted by reservations
Usage: a categorical denial; a flat refusal
Antonyms: qualified
Definition: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
Antonyms: qualified
Definition: limited or restricted; not absolute
Main entry: flat
Definition: having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
Usage: flat computer monitors
Antonyms: linear, one-dimensional
Definition: of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
Antonyms: three-dimensional, cubic
Definition: having three dimensions
Main entry: two-dimensional, flat, 2-dimensional
Definition: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
Usage: a film with two-dimensional characters; a flat two-dimensional painting
Antonyms: unidimensional, one-dimensional
Definition: relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope
Main entry: bland, flat
Definition: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
Usage: a bland little drama; a flat joke
Antonyms: exciting
Definition: creating or arousing excitement
Antonyms: stimulating
Definition: rousing or quickening activity or the senses
Main entry: flat, prostrate
Definition: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
Usage: found himself lying flat on the floor
Main entry: monotone, monotonic, monotonous, flat
Definition: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Usage: the owl's faint monotonous hooting
Antonyms: modulated
Definition: changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume
Main entry: flat
Definition: having lost effervescence
Usage: flat beer; a flat cola
Antonyms: effervescent
Definition: (of a liquid) giving off bubbles
Main entry: flat, flavorless, flavourless, bland, insipid, vapid, savorless, savourless
Definition: lacking taste or flavor or tang
Usage: a bland diet; insipid hospital food; flavorless supermarket tomatoes; vapid beer; vapid tea
Antonyms: tasteful
Definition: having or showing or conforming to good taste
Antonyms: tasty
Definition: pleasing to the sense of taste
Main entry: flat, directly, straight
Definition: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Usage: he didn't answer directly; told me straight out; came out flat for less work and more pay
Antonyms: indirectly
Definition: not in a forthright manner