tall

  • (a) great in vertical dimension; high in stature
    • tall people
    • tall buildings
    • tall trees
    • tall ships
  • (s) lofty in style
    • he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
    grandiloquent, magniloquent,
  • (s) impressively difficult
    • a tall order
  • (s) too improbable to admit of belief
    • a tall story
    marvelous, improbable, marvellous,

Nouns

  • (n) a garment size for a tall person

Synonyms

grandiloquent magniloquent marvelous improbable marvellous

Antonyms

short little

See also

big large high

Words of close approximity

tala talc tale talk
tab tad tag Tai tam tan Tao tap tar TAT tau taw tax Tay
Taal tabi tabu tach tack taco tact tael Taft Taif tail taka take tala talc tale talk tame Tamm tamp tang tank Taos tapa tape taps Tara tare tarn taro tarp tart task Tate Tati tatu taut taxi
Tallahassee Tallapoosa Tallapoosa River tall bellflower tall bilberry tallboy tall buttercup Tallchief tall crowfoot tall cupflower Talleyrand tall field buttercup tall gallberry holly tall goldenrod tallgrass tall-grass tall-growing Tallin Tallinn tallis tallish tallith tall mallow tall meadow grass tallness tall oat grass tall oil tall order tallow tallow oil tall-stalked tall sunflower tall tale Tallulah Bankhead tall white violet tally tally clerk tall yellow-eye tallyman