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tall
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- pronunciation:
- tawl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
taller, tallest |
| definition 1: |
having height in excess of the average.
President Lincoln was a tall man even by today's standards of height.
- synonyms:
- high, lofty, towering
- antonyms:
- short, small
- similar words:
- big, elevated, large, sky-high
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| definition 2: |
being a specified height.
The child is four feet tall.- synonyms:
- high
- antonyms:
- wide
- similar words:
- long
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| definition 3: |
(informal) hard to believe; full of exaggeration.
He told some tall tale about how he'd gotten lost in the desert but was rescued by a motorcycle gang.- synonyms:
- fabulous, mythical
- antonyms:
- believable, credible
- similar words:
- absurd, exaggerated, illogical, implausible, incredible, overblown, preposterous
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| definition 4: |
difficult to satisfy or fulfill.
He didn't know how he was going to fulfill his boss's tall request.- synonyms:
- difficult, exacting
- antonyms:
- easy
- similar words:
- challenging, demanding, problematic, tough, trying
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| definition 5: |
longer and narrower than other things of the same type.
He brought her a tall glass of iced tea.We couldn't see over the man's tall hat.- antonyms:
- squat
- similar words:
- large, long
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| related words: |
aerial, high, lofty, towering |
adverb + (adj.)tall
barely, half, impossibly, unusually
(adj.)tall
+ noun
bamboo,
boot,
brick,
brunette,
build,
building,
candle,
ceiling,
chimney,
cliff,
corn,
dark,
drink,
dune,
fellow,
fence,
fescue,
fir,
frame,
glass,
grass,
hat,
hedge,
iris,
ladder,
man,
mast,
monument,
mound,
mountain,
oak,
order,
palm,
peak,
pillar,
pine,
pitcher,
pole,
pound,
rangy,
redwood,
reed,
ship,
shrub,
skyscraper,
spire,
spruce,
stack,
stalk,
statue,
stem,
stool,
tale,
timber,
tower,
tree,
trunk,
vase,
weed,
wheelbase,
window
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
taller, tallest |
| definition: |
proudly and straight.
walk tallstand tall- synonyms:
- proudly, straight, upright
- similar words:
- erectly, vertically
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| derivation: |
tallness (n.) |
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