| ADJECTIVE | all | tall | great in vertical dimension |
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| all | tall, grandiloquent, magniloquent | lofty in style | |
| all | tall | impressively difficult | |
| all | tall, improbable, marvelous, marvellous | too improbable to admit of belief | |
| NOUN | attribute | tall | a garment size for a tall person |
| Sounds | tao'l | |
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| Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... | |
| Meaning | Great in vertical dimension; high in stature. | |
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| Attribute of | stature, height | (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot |
| Narrower | gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy | tall and thin and having long slender limbs |
| in height | Having a specified height | |
| leggy, long-legged, long-shanked | Having long legs | |
| leggy, tall-growing | (of plants) having tall spindly stems | |
| long | Of relatively great height | |
| long-stalked, tall-stalked | Of plants having relatively long stalks | |
| stately, statuesque | Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | |
| tallish | Somewhat tall | |
| See also | high | (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high') |
| large, big | Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | |
| Opposite | short, little | Low in stature |
| Spanish | alta, alto | |
| Catalan | alt | |
| Nouns | tallness | the vertical dimension of extension |
| tallness | the property of being taller than average stature | |
| Meaning | lofty in style. | |
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| Example | "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" | |
| Synonyms | grandiloquent, magniloquent | |
| Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| Spanish | grandilocuente, grandílocuo | |
| Meaning | impressively difficult. | |
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| Example | "a tall order" | |
| Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | temible | |
| Meaning | Too improbable to admit of belief. | |
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| Example | "a tall story" | |
| Synonyms | improbable, marvelous, marvellous | |
| Broader | incredible, unbelievable | Beyond belief or understanding |
| Spanish | fantástico, improbable, increíble, inverosímil | |
| Catalan | fantàstic, improbable, increïble, inversemblant | |
| Meaning | A garment size for a tall person. | |
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| Broader | size | The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) |
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