tall

Speech parts

1. tall - Noun

2. tall - Adjective

4. tall - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.

Brave; bold; courageous.

Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

high lofty elevated improbable towering marvelous lanky grandiloquent sky-high rangy magniloquent long-legged alto grand Gao
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Antonyms

short bantam small little low base
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Hypernyms

size

Phrases with the word

tall story tall poppy a tall order mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails cut down the tall poppy tall meadow grass

Examples

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth. Albert Finney

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Abraham Lincoln

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? T. S. Eliot

Alexander the Great was not very tall. Greek Proverb

Tall branches are apt to be broken. Korean Proverb

If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us. Yoruba Proverb

Close letter words and terms

talkworthy talky talky-talky tall and thin tall animal tall bellflower