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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. level, smooth, plane; even, flush; positive, exact; dull, stale, insipid; slang, penniless. See horizontal, certainty, poverty, insipidity. — n. plain, shoal; apartment (see abode).Ant., curved, uneven.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Lying in a smooth plane]

Syn. level, even, smooth, plane, spread out, extended, stretched out, prostrate, horizontal, low, low-lying, on a level, fallen, flattened, collapsed, deflated, punctured, prone, supine, recumbent, lying down, reclining, two-dimensional, flat as a billiard table*, flat as a pancake*; see also level 2 , smooth 1 .

Ant. rough*, raised, uneven.

2. [Lacking savor]

Syn. unseasoned, insipid, flavorless; see dull 4 , tasteless 1 .

See Synonym Study at insipid , level .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. level even, flush, horizontal, plane, smooth, lying down, recumbent, supine, prostrate, prone.

2. absolute unequivocal, unqualified, positive, definite, direct, plain, clear.

3. tasteless, dull insipid, stale, bland, dull, boring, flavorless, lackluster, blah, spiritless, drab, uninteresting.

ANT.: 1. uneven, rough, bumpy, round. 2. equivocal, qualified.3.interesting, tasty, effervescent

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Lying down: decumbent, horizontal, procumbent, prone, prostrate, recumbent. See HORIZONTAL. 2. Lacking an appetizing flavor: bland, flavorless, insipid, tasteless, unsavory. See TASTE. 3. Having lost tang or effervescence: stale. See SOLID, TASTE. 4. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise: arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired. See EXCITE. 5. Lacking gloss and luster: dim, dull, lackluster, lusterless, mat. See LIGHT. 6. Lacking vividness in color: dim, drab, dull, muddy, murky. See COLORS. 7. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even1, flush, level, planar, plane1, smooth, straight. See SMOOTH. 8. In a definite and final form; not likely to change: certain, firm1, fixed, set1. See CHANGE. 9. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer2, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter2. Informal: flat-out, positive. Chiefly British: blooming. See BIG, LIMITED. II adverb 1. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well2, wholly. Informal: clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See BIG, LIMITED. 2. In a direct, positive manner: emphatically, flatly, positively. Informal: flat out. See STRONG. III verb To make even, smooth, or level: even1, flatten, level, plane2, smooth, straighten. See SMOOTH.