Flat
- Having no variations in height.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- Uninteresting.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (figuratively) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
Antonym: round
- (commerce, not comparable) Fixed; unvarying.
| Synonyms |
(having no variations in altitude): even, planar, plane, smooth, uniform
(deflated): deflated, punctured
(without variations in pitch): monotone
(uninteresting): boring, dull, uninteresting
(of a carbonated drink: no longer fizzes): still, unfizzy; noneffervescent
(of wine: lacking acidity): flabby
| Antonyms |
(having no variations in altitude): bumpy, cratered, hilly (of terrain), rough (of a surface), wrinkled (of a surface)
(music: lowered by one semitone): sharp
(music: lower in pitch than it should be): sharp