Synonyms for tall
tɔltall

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talladjective

   Antonyms:
   low-rise, low, short

2. talladjective

   Antonyms:
   short

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. tall

   Deep, while an antonym of high in usage, may apply to the very same distance simply measured in an opposite direction, high applying to vertical distance measured from below upward, and deep to vertical distance measured from above downward; as, a deep valley nestling between high mountains. High is a relative term signifying greatly raised above any object, base, or surface, in comparison with what is usual, or with some standard; a table is high if it exceeds thirty inches; a hill is not high at a hundred feet. That is tall whose height is greatly in excess of its breadth or diameter, and whose actual height is great for an object of its kind; as, a tall tree; a tall man; tall grass. That is lofty which is imposing or majestic in height; we term a spire tall with reference to its altitude, or lofty with reference to its majestic appearance. That is elevated which is raised somewhat above its surroundings; that is eminent which is far above them; as, an elevated platform; an eminent promontory. In the figurative sense, elevated is less than eminent, and this less than exalted; we speak of high, lofty, or elevated thoughts, aims, etc., in the good sense, but sometimes of high feelings, looks, words, etc., in the invidious sense of haughty or arrogant. A high ambition may be merely selfish; a lofty ambition is worthy and noble. Towering, in the literal sense compares with lofty and majestic; but in the figurative sense, its use is almost always invidious; as, a towering passion; a towering ambition disregards and crushes all opposing considerations, however rational, lovely, or holy. Compare STEEP.

   Synonyms:
   elevated, eminent, exalted, high, lofty, noble, proud, steep, towering, uplifted

   Antonyms:
   base, deep, degraded, depressed, dwarfed, inferior, low, mean, short, stunted

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tall

   Synonyms:
   high, lofty, towering, elevated

   Antonyms:
   low

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talladjective

   a garment size for a tall person

   Antonyms:
   dumpy, squabby, stumpy, thickset, credible, believable, low-set, heavyset, short-stalked, chunky, half-length, pint-sized, little, easy, pint-size, sawed-off, runty, squab, short, squat, unrhetorical, squatty, stocky, compact, sawn-off, thick

2. talladjective

   great in vertical dimension; high in stature

   "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

   Synonyms:
   tall(a), grandiloquent, marvellous, magniloquent, improbable, marvelous

   Antonyms:
   stocky, dumpy, credible, sawn-off, stumpy, chunky, compact, half-length, pint-sized, short, low-set, squab, easy, thick, squatty, unrhetorical, thickset, heavyset, short-stalked, squat, believable, squabby, sawed-off, runty, little, pint-size

3. grandiloquent, magniloquent, talladjective

   lofty in style

   "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

   Synonyms:
   marvelous, improbable, tall(a), portentous, overblown, grandiloquent, pontifical, marvellous, pompous, magniloquent

   Antonyms:
   sawed-off, short-stalked, half-length, thick, stocky, squat, pint-size, believable, little, easy, squatty, compact, runty, dumpy, pint-sized, sawn-off, low-set, squab, short, unrhetorical, stumpy, chunky, squabby, credible, thickset, heavyset

4. tall(a)adjective

   impressively difficult

   "a tall order"

   Antonyms:
   pint-sized, stumpy, squab, half-length, little, sawed-off, believable, squat, heavyset, compact, low-set, unrhetorical, easy, squabby, runty, stocky, sawn-off, credible, squatty, pint-size, short-stalked, chunky, short, dumpy, thickset, thick

5. improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)adjective

   too improbable to admit of belief

   "a tall story"

   Antonyms:
   low-set, credible, sawn-off, pint-size, squab, squabby, pint-sized, runty, heavyset, squat, easy, stocky, little, compact, thick, thickset, short-stalked, squatty, half-length, sawed-off, believable, short, dumpy, unrhetorical, chunky, stumpy

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lukeadjective

   the term 'luke' is used to describe one who is tall to a large extent.

   wow, you're so luke!!

   Submitted by k1y099.mi on September 1, 2023  

2. sizeist

   tal

   tall

   Submitted by mlockett01 on June 2, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talladjective

   Synonyms:
   high (in stature), lofty, elevated, towering

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talladjective

   Synonyms:
   lofty, high, towering

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "tall":

   high-rise, yacoub, high, grand, height, large, great, big, ya'qub, yaakob, yaqub, jacob, hautes

Suggested Resources

1. TALL

   What does TALL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TALL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce tall?

How to say tall in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use tall in a sentence?

1. Laura Jaworski:

   In the hazy days at summer’s end When the air’s still warm and the green near spent When the days grow short and the evenings tall Then you feel in a whisper, Fall.

2. Donald Trump:

   In the midst of such profound anguish, one memory fills us with hope, when evil showed its hideous face, Americans of all walks of life rose up -- and they did, they rose up -- they defied fear, they stared down death to protect the innocent. And stand tall they did just for righteous and for good.

3. Gordana Biernat:

   The joys of life sometime come in hidden shapes, unexpected. Great or small, short or tall, be sure to have them all collected.

4. Kenneth Nail:

   Nikki Haley announced. Since then, at least 60 public Confederate symbols have been removed since the 2015 church shooting, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Most recently, the city of St. Louis, Mo., removed a Confedearte monument -- a 32-foot-tall granite column with a bronze sculpture -- from a park. Complicating the debate for those opposed to these moves is the involvement of hate groups like the KKK. The group is planning a rally for July 8 following a decision by the city council in Charlottesville, Va., to remove a statue of Gen. Lee Park and rename Lee Park. Meanwhile, in April, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu ordered the removal of multiple Confederate statues. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu received brutal backlash and was forced to have heavy police presence in place when the nighttime removals began. Despite threats that people would boycott New Orleans, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu did not back down. These statues are not just stone and metal, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a highly lauded speech after the last Confederate statue had been taken down. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy ; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement and the terror that it actually stood for. But to others, like Kenneth Nail Nail, it’s not about oppression. To us, it’s not a hate thing. It’s a heritage thing and what we like to do is celebrate everyone's struggles : the blacks, the whites, the north and south.

5. Jordan Peterson:

   So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them — at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.