tall

1. Great in vertical dimension;
   High in stature (synset 302393670)
   "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
   also:

   • high - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
   • big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
   tells us about: height, stature - (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
   similar to:

   • 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
2. Lofty in style (synset 302024935)
   "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
   similar to: rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
   same as: grandiloquent, magniloquent
3. Impressively difficult (synset 300752176)
   "a tall order"
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   similar to: difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
4. Too improbable to admit of belief (synset 300649139)
   "a tall story"
   similar to: incredible, unbelievable - beyond belief or understanding
   same as: improbable, marvellous, marvelous

1. A garment size for a tall person (synset 105104540)
   is a type of: size - the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

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