tallest

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high in stature, length adj.
exaggerated, unreasonable adj.

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

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tallest

Our survey showed that the tallest stood 69.3 meters high and had a trunk nearly three meters wide.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ghana mourns its tallest man - a 'generous and popular giant'

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Jefferson stands tallest, as he did in real life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

A luxury skyscraper some 200 metres high -– the tallest building ever constructed in Athens –- has already been built and is visible from the city centre.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

It was four times as tall as the tallest human.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl