Synonyms for tall
tɔltall

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1. talladjective

   Antonyms:
   low-rise, low, short

2. talladjective

   Antonyms:
   short

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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

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1. tall

   Synonyms:
   high, lofty, towering, elevated

   Antonyms:
   low

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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

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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  

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1. talladjective

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

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1. talladjective

   Synonyms:
   lofty, high, towering

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1. List of paraphrases for "tall":

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

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1. William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V (MacBeth):

   Life is but a walking Shadow, a poor Player That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; It is a tall Tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing."

2. Corey Lewandowski:

   While taking on a career politician from the Washington swamp is a tall order, I am certain I would have won.

3. Jack Parsons:

   Remember that the Tarot is a great and sacred arcanum - its abuse is an obscenity in the inner and a folly in the outer. It is intended for quite other purposes than to determine when the tall dark man will meet the fair rich widow.

4. 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.

5. Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Image:

   I think that what she would have been is very proud of very boys standing tall and firm, they’re very like her and I think that she would be proud.