1. flatter - verb
· praise somewhat dishonestly
Synonym(s): blandish
Hypernym(s): praise
Antonym(s): disparage
2. flat - adjective
· having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
3. flat - adjective
· having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"
4. flat - adjective
· not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
Synonym(s): categoric, categorical, unconditional
5. flat - adjective
· stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
Synonym(s): prostrate
6. flat - adjective
· lacking contrast or shading between tones
Antonym(s): contrasty
7. flat - adjective
· (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
8. flat - adjective
· flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Synonym(s): compressed
9. flat - adjective
· lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
Synonym(s): bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
10. flat - adjective
· lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
Synonym(s): bland
11. flat - adjective
· having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
12. flat - adjective
· sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
Synonym(s): monotone, monotonic, monotonous
13. flat - adjective
· horizontally level; "a flat roof"
14. flat - adjective
· lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"
Synonym(s): two-dimensional, 2-dimensional
15. flat - adjective
· not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
Synonym(s): mat, matt, matte, matted
16. flat - adjective
· commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
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