Tall

What do we mean by tall?

Having greater than ordinary height. adjective

Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty. adjective

Having a specified height. adjective

Fanciful or exaggerated; boastful. adjective

Impressively great or difficult. adjective

Excellent; fine. adjective

With proud bearing; straight. adverb

High in proportion to breadth or diameter; lofty; having a relatively great stature.

Having a particular height; measuring in stature (as specified): as, a man six feet tall.

Long: used absolutely, or as noting length in a scale of measurement: as, a tall copy (of a book).

Great; extraordinary; remarkable; extravagant: as, tall talk; a tall fight.

Synonyms and High, Tall, Lofty. High is the most general of these words, and has some uses different from those of the others. When we say that a cloud is high, we may mean that it extends very far upward, or, more probably, that it is unusually far above the earth. Tall describes that which is slim in proportion to its height, as a mast, a pine or other tree, a steeple, a person, possibly a cliff: tall houses may be found in some parts of the world; a tall cloud would be of small width and great comparative height. Tall is also associated with height to which we are used or which we have come to regard as standard. A giant is tall, because so much taller than most men. Lofty denotes an imposing height: a room cannot well be tall, but may be high, or even lofty: as, the lofty arches of Westminster Hall. High and lofty may have application to moral or intellectual character; tall has not, except colloquially. Tall seems somewhat figurative when applied to that which does not live and grow.

Seemly; suitable; fitting; becoming; comely.

Obsequious; obedient.

Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height. adjective

Brave; bold; courageous. adjective

Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. adjective

(possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.

Words that are spelled similarly to tall:
tall.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tall:
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Words that rhyme with tall:
all, ball, call, fall, protocol, wall, banal, hall, stall, recall, cabal, overall, haul, sol, small, gall, alcohol, overhaul, pall, football, mall, doll, install, crawl, squall, wherewithal, atoll, maul, brawl, dall, thrall, forestall, befall, pitfall, sprawl, paul, snowball, windfall, downfall, gaul, baseball, caul, cholesterol, catcall, loll, natal, bawl, trawl, shawl, appall, neanderthal, aerosol, stonewall, shortfall, waterfall, drawl, oddball, basketball, eyeball, blackball, drywall, retinol, nightfall, softball, pol, spall, ethanol, catchall, nepal, dahl, cortisol, fireball, moll, at all, butterball, mothball, scrawl, pratfall, fastball, footfall, hardball, enthral, raul, saul, handball, rainfall, landfall, roll call, freefall, volleyball, coll, bol, luminol, meatball, dol, cannonball, senegal, tal, screwball, mol.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tall:
very, how, foot, sunken, mighty, modern, giant, fuzzy, free, female, religious, medium, cat, not, cellophane.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tall:
man, trees, figure, grass, woman, buildings, tree, girl, windows, men, building, fellow, tales, order, hat, boy, form, grasses, glass, tower, pines, gentleman, tale, stature, chimneys, plants, houses, youth, person, frame, lady, towers, house, body, glasses, columns, guy, hats, weeds, plant, one, palms, reeds, stems, soldier, stranger, officer, fence, spire, masts, stories, ships, window, chimney, pole, pine, clock, poles, candles, column, poplars, fescue, blonde, pillars, stalks, mountains, lad, figures, waves, walls, structures, ship, stacks, talk, doors, timber, wall, hedge, hair, shrub, oil, oaks, stem, forest, horse, spires, hedges, trunks, boots, mast, cliffs, girls, shrubs, bushes.

Consonant match to tall:
tell, tool, tail, till, toll, tale, teal, toil, til, towel, tile, tulle, tole, tel, tal, tull, tol, teel, taul, taille, tuille, tuel, toal, teale, toole, tolle, towle, teall, teele, toelle, tuell, tuyle.

Words that sound like tall:
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