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Synonyms of tall in English:

tall


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adjective

1‘a tall, thin man’

SYNONYMS
big, high, large, huge, towering
colossal, gigantic, giant, monstrous, giant-size, Brobdingnagian
lanky, rangy, gangling, leggy, long-legged
informal long
ANTONYMS

short, small

2‘tall buildings’

SYNONYMS
high, big, lofty, towering, soaring, elevated, sky-high, sky-scraping
multistorey
ANTONYMS

low

3‘he's about 5 foot 8 inches tall’

SYNONYMS
in height, high, from head to foot, from head to toe
ANTONYMS

wide

4‘a tall tale’

SYNONYMS
unlikely, improbable, exaggerated, far-fetched, implausible, dubious, overblown, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous, absurd
embroidered, dishonest, untrue
informal cock and bull
ANTONYMS

believable, credible

5‘they thought that the deadline was a tall order’

SYNONYMS
demanding, exacting, difficult, unreasonable, exorbitant, impossible
ANTONYMS

easy