taller

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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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taller

"She's 18 inches taller than me, I've got a Yorkshire accent and she's got a Northern Irish accent," Mindy says.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The Titanic was only 78 feet longer and 40 feet taller from keel to smokestack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The other intruder, who was noticeably taller, disappeared into the hallway.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

This season he’ll get a chance to show what he can do against taller players as a cornerback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Her husband, Derek, was a head taller than his wife.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz