tall

[tawl] / tɔl /

ADJECTIVE

high in stature, length

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big great lanky rangy soaring towering

STRONG

beanstalk elevated giant

WEAK

alpine altitudinous high-reaching lank lofty sizable sky-high skyscraping statuesque

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little short small tiny unimportant

WEAK

believable low reasonable sensible

ADJECTIVE

exaggerated, unreasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hard steep

STRONG

absurd impossible

WEAK

demanding difficult embellished exorbitant farfetched implausible outlandish overblown preposterous unbelievable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

mild

STRONG

reasonable

WEAK

believable little low sensible short small

Example Sentences

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"I walk… taller now, that's partly down to testosterone, partly down to me."

From BBC

Brady, meanwhile, is 21 months younger, two inches taller—and every bit as much of a pest as his brother.

From The Wall Street Journal

I saw tall fences going up once again — this time for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit.

From Salon

In recent months, she was shown standing taller than her father, walking beside him, rather than following him.

From BBC

“She’s a bag girl at the general store with me. She plays volleyball. And she’s taller than me!”

From Literature