I. adjective
1.
Synonyms: level , flat, flush, planate, plane, smooth
Contrasted words: bent, crooked, curved, twisted
Antonyms: uneven
2.
Synonyms: steady 2, constant, equable, stabile, stable, unchanging, unfluctuating, uniform, unvarying
Related Word: equal, identical, same; consistent, continual, continuous, undeviating, unvaried
3.
giving no advantage to either side
an even exchange
Synonyms: equal, equitable, fair
Related Word: balanced, fair and square, square; honest, straightforward, unprejudiced
Contrasted words: inequitable, unequal, unfair
Antonyms: uneven
4.
being nicely in balance
his chances for success or failure are even
Synonyms: equal, even-up, fifty-fifty
Related Word: balanced, comparable, proportionate
Contrasted words: disproportionate, unbalanced
Antonyms: uneven
5.
being neither more nor less than the named or understood amount, extent, or number
an even mile
Synonyms: exact, square
Contrasted words: approximate, imprecise, inaccurate
II. adverb
1.
in a like manner
they can learn even as others do
Synonyms: as well, exactly, expressly, just, precisely
2.
at the very time
perhaps even now the moment has come to consider a retreat
Synonyms: already
3.
not this merely but also -- used as an intensive to emphasize the identity or character of something
a huge, even monstrous animal
Synonyms: indeed, nay, truly, verily, yea
Related Word: absolutely, positively; quite, really
4.
-- used as an intensive to indicate an extreme, hypothetical, or unlikely case or instance
refused even to look at her
even if this were so, it should not change our plans
Synonyms: so much as
Idioms: even so much as
5.
Synonyms: yet 1, still
III. verb
1.
to make (as a surface) smooth, even, level, or flat
even the soil with a spade
Synonyms: flatten, flush, lay, level, plane, smooth, smoothen
Related Word: grade, roll; align; symmetrize; uniform; pancake
Contrasted words: rough, roughen
2.
to make even or balanced in advantage
hoped to even the odds by training
Synonyms: equal, equalize
Related Word: balance, square
Contrasted words: unbalance, unequalize, upset; derange, disarrange
3.
Synonyms: equalize 1, equate