as in policemen
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
a comic strip about a square-jawed, trench-coated flatfoot who always caught the crooks in suitably dramatic fashion
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatfeet
Noun
-
My grand plan was to be one of the policemen in one of the episodes.
-
Disgruntled, the policemen stormed out of the house.
Noun
-
In one case, a 20-year-old man was caught in a sting operation after anti-corruption officers turned up posing as buyers.
-
At the scene, officers found spent shell casings and damage to a vehicle believed to have been struck by gunfire.
Noun
-
Robert Karroll was shot in his ballistic vest by an 18-year-old gunman who approached the officer’s unmarked vehicle in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, cops said.
-
The cops posted outside of the nearby Swarovski and PINK stores are similarly unwilling to entertain my interrogations.
Noun
-
Troopers and Beacon Falls constables responded to the home and detained Drozdowski, state police said.
-
Off stage, Benedick and Beatrice spar their way toward the aisle, while our bumbling constables take center stage.
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Flatfeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatfeet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
