Synonyms of flattens

flattens

verb

present tense third-person singular of flatten

1

as in smooths

to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps

flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smooths
• shaves
• planes
• rakes
• evens
• smoothens
• trims
• levels
• lays
• crops
• clips
• spreads
• prunes
• pares
• combs
• presses
• surfaces
• cards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughens
• coarsens
• roughs
• bends
• wrinkles
• pits
• rumples
• dents
• kinks

2

as in overcomes

to defeat by a large margin

if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcomes
• buries
• annihilates
• smothers
• throws
• overwhelms
• upsets
• clobbers
• whips
• bombs
• thrashes
• takes
• tops
• wallops
• beats
• dusts
• routs
• destroys
• blows away
• trims
• trounces
• sweeps
• pastes
• smokes
• surpasses
• masters
• exceeds
• conquers
• succeeds
• waxes
• subdues
• scores
• skins
• whomps
• creams
• tromps
• drubs
• crushes
• eats alive
• whups
• whops
• surmounts
• overpowers
• beats the pants off
• upends
• snows under
• transcends
• subjugates
• vanquishes
• dispatches
• wipes the floor with
• shellacs
• runs circles around
• caps
• excels
• licks
• prevails (over)
• outstrips
• outdoes
• outshines
• overthrows
• wins (against)
• slaughters
• triumphs (over)
• finishes
• bests
• outdistances
• eclipses
• skunks
• overbears
• overtops
• hurdles
• flourishes
• knocks over
• breaks
• sinks
• knocks off
• betters
• edges (out)
• noses out
• overmatches
• worsts
• aces (out)
• does in
• pips
• outfights

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flattens

The girls do their solos, and Ericka flattens Paulina like a tractor mowing down a patch of dandelions. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026

The balanced solvent treatment reshapes and flattens the top layer, while the chloride addition forces the bromide and iodide components to crystallize at the same time. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Apart from the opening show at Cardiff, the edit from George Cragg and Martina Zamolo largely flattens the footage out into homogeneous numbers that capture both the artists’ performance and the audience’s reaction. — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

On the question of whether snapping a selfie flattens the experience, Loyer has never thought so. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

The ScanMax 320 automatically flattens curved book pages digitally, ensuring clean, flat text without requiring you to tear pages out or manually edit them. — New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026

That notion flattens a complex record and turns history into a morality play of angels and demons. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

When every review begins with something real that can be modified in the room, the layers that existed to summarize and relay lose their function, and the structure flattens without a reorganization memo. — Andrew Sorohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Whether the fabric thins or the loop texture flattens after any cleaning attempt — the point to stop and call an upholstery professional. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026