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tall has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is short.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
“tall people”
lofty in style
“he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying”
1 of the 5 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for tall.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for tall come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.