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tall - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | tall |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high in stature, length |
| Synonyms: | alpine, big, elevated, giant, great, lanky, lofty, rangy, sizable, soaring, statuesque, towering, altitudinous, beanstalk, high-reaching, lank, sky-high, skyscraping |
| Antonyms: | little, low, short, small |
| Main Entry: | tall |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exaggerated, unreasonable |
| Synonyms: | absurd, demanding, difficult, exorbitant, farfetched, hard, implausible, impossible, outlandish, overblown, preposterous, steep, unbelievable, embellished |
| Antonyms: | believable, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
| Synonyms: | abstract, artificial, distorted, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, histrionic, impossible, inflated, melodramatic, overblown, overdone, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, tall, too much*, unrealistic, a bit thick, amplified, bouncing, caricatural, embroidered, fabricated, hammy, highly colored, hyperbolic, magnified, out of proportion, overestimated, overkill, schmaltzy, stylized, too-too |
| Antonyms: | reduced, unembellished, depreciated, minimized, played down, understated, unexaggerated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gangling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rangy |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bony, gawky, lanky, lumbering, skinny, spindly, tall, thin, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed |
| Main Entry: | mountainous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hilly; large |
| Synonyms: | alpine, big, colossal, gigantic, huge, mammoth, tall, towering, highland |
| Main Entry: | strapping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big and strong |
| Synonyms: | brawny, burly, hefty, hulk, hulking, hunk, husky, powerful, robust, stalwart, stout, sturdy, tall, vigorous, ox, powerhouse, well-built |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slight, small, thin, attenuated |
| Main Entry: | towering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge, excessive |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, colossal, elevated, extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, gigantic, great, high, immoderate, imperial, imposing, impressive, inordinate, intense, lofty, magnificent, massive, mighty, monumental, outstanding, paramount, preeminent, prodigious, soaring, stately, stupendous, sublime, superior, supreme, tall, transcendent, tremendous, ultimate, undue, skyscraping, spiring, surpassing, towery, unmatchable, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | little, minor, short, small, tiny, dwarfed |
| Main Entry: | lofty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high, elevated |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, raised, soaring, tall, towering, high-rise, lifted, sky-high, skyscraping, skyward, spiring |
| Antonyms: | below, beneath, low |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended in space or time |
| Synonyms: | deep, distant, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, extensive, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthy, lofty, prolonged, rangy, remote, running, stretch, stringy, sustained, tall, towering, continued, drawn out, expanded, far-off, lengthened, lingering, longish, outstretched, protracted, spread out, spun out, stretched, stretching |
| Antonyms: | short, abbreviated, abridged |
| Main Entry: | elevated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raised up |
| Synonyms: | aerial, high, raised, stately, tall, towering, high-rise, lifted, upheaved, uplifted, upraised, uprisen |
| Antonyms: | base, dropped, lowly, decreased, lessened, lowered |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grown |
| Synonyms: | adult, elder, full-grown, grown-up, mature, tall |
| Antonyms: | adolescent, baby, babyish, infant, infantile, juvenile |
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