Definition of taller Taller
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What does taller mean?
Part of speech
🔤- taller, adjective, comparative of tall.
WordNet
NounPlural: talls |
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| tall - a garment size for a tall person | ||
Adjectivetall, taller, tallest |
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| tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" | ||
| little, short small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation" | ||
| large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" | ||
| high happy and excited and energetic | ||
| stature, height (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot | ||
| gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy tall and thin | ||
| in height having a specified height; "five feet tall"; "five feet in height" | ||
| long-legged, long-shanked, leggy having long legs | ||
| tall-growing, leggy having long legs | ||
| long having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply" | ||
| long-stalked, tall-stalked of plants having relatively long stalks | ||
| statuesque, stately of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | ||
| tall - impressively difficult; "a tall order" | ||
| difficult, hard 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?" | ||
| tall - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" | ||
| grandiloquent, magniloquent | ||
| rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" | ||
| tall - too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" | ||
| improbable, marvelous, marvellous | ||
| incredible, unbelievable beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tall (Adjective)
obsequious; obedient. - tall (Adjective)
seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome. - tall (Adjective)
bold; brave; courageous; valiant. - tall (Adjective)
fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent; being of more than average height. - tall (Adjective)
Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. - tall (Adjective)
Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical and often greater than horizontal extent; high. - tall (Adjective)
Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale . - tall (Adjective)
A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tall (superl.)
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast. - tall (superl.)
Brave; bold; courageous. - tall (superl.)
Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Having a vertical extent greater than the average; Having the upper end, tip, top, head, etc. a long way up; Having a great vertical extent (often greater than the horizontal extent); High. -
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Having a vertical extent greater than the average, said about a person. -
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Hard to believe (a story, a tale).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tall
tawl, adj. high, esp. in stature: lofty: long: sturdy: bold: courageous: great, remarkable: demanding much credulity, hardly to be believed.—n. Tall′ness. [Ety. very dub.; perh. conn. with W. tal, large.]
