What is another word for tall?

Common synonyms for tall include gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy, in height, leggy, long-legged, long-shanked.

tall

Q: What rhymes with tall?

Words that rhyme with tall include all, call, small, fall, ball, wall.

/tɔl/noun, adjective1 syllable

Tall means: great in vertical dimension; high in stature.

Synonyms for tall32

adjective, as in great in vertical dimension; high in stature

gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy, in height, leggy, long-legged, long-shanked, tall-growing, long, long-stalked, tall-stalked, stately, statuesque, tallish, large, big, high

adjective, as in too improbable to admit of belief

improbable, marvelous, marvellous, incredible, unbelievable

adjective, as in lofty in style

grandiloquent, magniloquent, rhetorical

adjective, as in impressively difficult

difficult, hard

adjective, as in having a specified height

in height

also used for tall

elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty

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Opposites of tall

short

What does tall mean?6

adjective

great in vertical dimension; high in stature“tall people”

too improbable to admit of belief“a tall story”

lofty in style“he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying”

impressively difficult“a tall order”

having a specified height“five feet tall”

noun

a garment size for a tall person

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tall?24

one syllable

all call small fall ball wall paul hall mall haul stall crawl saul brawlpolgallshawlmolsprawl

two syllables

baseball install nepal

three syllables

montreal senegal

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All 24 rhymes for tall, grouped by syllable

Tall in a sentence

This tree is tall, but that one is even taller.CK
I am not so tall as my brother, but taller than my father.sundown
It was the tall man in the long, black coat.unknown
He said, pointing at where tall grass is growing.unknown
He is tall, but his brother is much taller.CS
He is tall, and she is tall, too.sundown
She was a tall, thin girl with long, soft brown hair.CS
The new concert hall is a tall, modern, structure.Source_VOA

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Forms of tall

as a noun

plural: talls

as a adjective

comparative: taller
superlative: tallest