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