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tall

[tawl] / tɔl /
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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Starship stands some 408 feet tall, with the booster and upper stage stacked on top of one another.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

"It weighs 8.2kg, measures nearly 30cm in diameter and stands about 46cm tall - almost four times the size of a typical astrolabe from 17th Century India," said Carter.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Blond, light-featured and tall, he is visually distinct from the three other children and his silent rebellion permeates the atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

At a gallery in Kyoto, he spotted a terracotta sculpture of a Japanese warrior, about 2 feet tall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

It was twice the width of any human book and four times as tall.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman