Synonyms for flatten
ˈflæt nflat·ten

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1. flattenverb

   make flat or flatter

   "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises"

   Synonyms:
   drop, flatten out

   Antonyms:
   sharpen

2. flatten, flatten outverb

   become flat or flatter

   "The landscape flattened"

   Synonyms:
   drop, flatten out

   Antonyms:
   sharpen

3. flatten, dropverb

   lower the pitch of (musical notes)

   Synonyms:
   unload, fell, dribble, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, expend, send away, set down, swing, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, flatten out, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit

   Antonyms:
   sharpen

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1. flattenverb

   Synonyms:
   make flat

2. flattenverb

   Synonyms:
   become flat

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1. List of paraphrases for "flatten":

   shave

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1. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   The message of 2014 has been as the potential for Fed rate hikes has increased, the long end has done nothing but rally. I think the yield curve is going to flatten at a level previously thought unthinkable.

2. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   The message of 2014 has been: As the potential for Fed rate hikes has increased, the long end has done nothing but rally. I think the yield curve is going to flatten at a level previously thought unthinkable.

3. Deutsche Bank:

   Chinese oil demand growth, the largest single contributor to world oil demand growth, may begin to flatten more quickly than some long-term projections indicate, this could result in world oil demand growth falling from its 2000-2016 trend of 1.1 million bpd year-on-year to only 800,000 bpd ... by 2024.

4. Arnoud Balhuizen:

   By the end of this year, there will be additional iron ore coming from Australia, from Brazil, our expectation is that the iron ore market cost curve will continue to flatten and continue to come under pressure.

5. Hilaire Belloc:

   I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em.