tall

1. 1.

   a garment size for a tall person

   Broadersize

Other forms of tall

plural

talls·

comparative

taller·

superlative

tallest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tall

What does tall mean?

tall means "great in vertical dimension; high in stature". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tall?

tall has 1 syllable: tall. In IPA it is /ˈtɔl/.

What is another word for tall?

Close synonyms include grandiloquent, magniloquent, improbable, marvelous, marvellous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of tall?

The recorded antonyms are short.

Is tall a common word?

tall is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.