tall

nouns

a garment size for a tall person
tall
is a type of (narrower)
the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
"he wears a size 13 shoe"
size

adjectives

great in vertical dimension; high in stature
"tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
tall
is derived from
tallness
is derived from
tallness
antonym
short
is similar to
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
"a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy
is similar to
having a specified height
"five feet tall"; "five feet in height"
in height
is similar to
having long legs
leggy, long-legged, long-shanked
is similar to
(of plants) having tall spindly stems
leggy, tall-growing
is similar to
of relatively great height
"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
long
is similar to
of plants having relatively long stalks
long-stalked, tall-stalked
is similar to
of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
stately, statuesque
is similar to
somewhat tall
tallish
see also
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
"a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"
high
see also
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
big, large
is an attribute of
(of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
height, stature
lofty in style
"he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall
impressively difficult
"a tall order"
tall
is similar to
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
"a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
difficult, hard
domain usage
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
colloquialism
too improbable to admit of belief
"a tall story"
improbable, marvellous, marvelous, tall