AYRIE Antonyms

• lacking contrast or shading between tones

• (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a level tract of land

• a shallow box in which seedlings are started

• a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

• freight car without permanent sides or roof

• a deflated pneumatic tire

• scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• with flat sails

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

• not modified or restricted by reservations

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• having lost effervescence

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• horizontally level

• lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

• not reflecting light; not glossy

• commercially inactive

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• height above ground

• indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

• a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

• an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• not showing abrupt variations

• being on a precise horizontal plane

• oriented at right angles to the plumb

• of the score in a contest

• aim at

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• make level or straight

• direct into a position for use

• talk frankly with; lay it on the line

• become level or even

• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

• being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

• British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a low level or position or degree

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• in a low position; near the ground

• very low in volume

• unrefined in character

• of the most contemptible kind

• low or inferior in station or quality

• no longer sufficient

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

• marked by blithe unconcern

• absolutely still

• established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

• established in a desired position or place; not moving about

• inhabited by colonists

• not changeable

• resistant to change of position or condition

• a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

• firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation

• not taking part readily in chemical change

• maintaining equilibrium

• showing little if any change

• shelter in a stable

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• sensible and practical