Tall

//tɔːl//

Synonyms for "tall" (189 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (57)

Related words (94)

Noun(1 words)
plain tall

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

2 entries

More specific

13 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

coordinate

2 entries

derived

35 entries

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has context

2 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

1 entries

not has_property

1 entries

related to

25 entries

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similar

32 entries

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Translations

223 translations across 108 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • hoog adj (of a building)
  • lank adj (of a person)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • mataas adj (of a person)

Albanian

1 entries
  • i gjatë adj (of a person)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • εὐμήκης adj (of a person)
  • μακρός adj (of a building)

Arabic

4 entries
  • طويل adj (of a person)
  • طويل adj (of a person)
  • طويل adj (of a building)
  • طويل adj (of a building)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բարձր adj (of a building)
  • բարձրահասակ adj (of a person)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • analtu (roa-rup) adj (of a person)
  • analtu (roa-rup) adj (of a building)

Assamese

3 entries
  • ওখ adj (of a person)
  • ওখ adj (of a building)
  • হটঙা adj (of a person)

Asturian

1 entries
  • altu adj (of a person)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • hündür adj (of a building)
  • uca adj (of a person)
  • uca adj (of a building)
  • uzun adj (of a person)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • высо́кі adj (of a person)
  • высо́кі adj (of a building)

Bengali

2 entries
  • উঁচু adj (of a building)
  • লম্বা adj (of a person)

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • halangkaw adj (of a building)
  • lampyagaw adj (of a person)

Breton

2 entries
  • bras adj (of a person)
  • uhel adj (of a building)

Brunei Malay

3 entries
  • jagau adj (of a person)
  • tinggi adj (of a person)
  • tinggi adj (of a building)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • висо́к adj (of a person)
  • висо́к adj (of a building)
  • невероятен adj (of a story)

Burmese

2 entries
  • မြင့် adj (of a building)
  • လံဗား adj (of a person)

Catalan

2 entries
  • alt adj (of a person)
  • alt adj (of a building)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دِرێژ adj (of a person)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries
  • طويل adj (of a person)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 懸 /悬 adj (of a person)
  • 懸 /悬 adj (of a building)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 高 adj (of a person)
  • 高 adj (of a building)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 高 adj (of a person)
  • 高 adj (of a building)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ҫӳллӗ adj (of a person)

Czech

2 entries
  • vysoký adj (of a person)
  • vysoký adj (of a building)

Danish

2 entries
  • høj adj (of a person)
  • høj adj (of a building)

Dutch

4 entries
  • groot adj (of a person)
  • hoog adj (of a building)
  • lang adj (of a person)
  • ongeloofwaardig adj (of a story)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 悬 adj (of a person)

Erzya

1 entries
  • кувака adj (of a person)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • alta adj (of a person)
  • alta adj (of a building)
  • altkreska adj (of a person)

Estonian

3 entries
  • kõrge adj (of a person)
  • kõrge adj (of a building)
  • pikk adj (of a person)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • artu adj (of a person)

Faroese

4 entries
  • háur adj (of a person)
  • háur adj (of a building)
  • høgur adj (of a person)
  • høgur adj (of a building)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kookas adj (of a person)
  • korkea adj (of a building)
  • pitkä adj (of a person)

French

2 entries
  • grand adj (of a person)
  • haut adj (of a building)

Galician

3 entries
  • alto adj (of a person)
  • alto adj (of a building)
  • longo adj (of a cup of coffee)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მაღალი adj (of a person)
  • მაღალი adj (of a building)

German

3 entries
  • groß adj (of a person)
  • hoch adj (of a building)
  • lang adj (of a person)

Greek

1 entries
  • ψηλός adj (of a person)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • wo adj (of a person)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • גָּבוֹהַּ \ גָּבֹהַּ adj (of a person)
  • גָּבוֹהַּ \ גָּבֹהַּ adj (of a building)

Hindi

4 entries
  • ऊँचा adj (of a person)
  • ऊँचा adj (of a building)
  • लम्बा adj (of a person)
  • लम्बा adj (of a building)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • magas adj (of a person)
  • magas adj (of a building)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hár adj (of a person)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tinggi adj (of a person)

Irish

1 entries
  • ard adj (of a building)

Italian

2 entries
  • alto adj (of a person)
  • alto adj (of a building)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 高い adj (of a person)
  • 高い adj (of a building)

Javanese

1 entries
  • dhuwur adj (of a building)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • биік adj (of a person)
  • зәулім adj (of a building)
  • ұзын adj (of a person)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខ្ពស់ adj (of a person)

Korean

2 entries
  • 높다 adj (of a building)
  • 크다 adj (of a person)

Kumyk

2 entries
  • бийик adj (of a person)
  • бийик adj (of a building)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бийик adj (of a person)
  • бийик adj (of a building)

Laki

1 entries
  • دِریژ adj (of a person)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສູງ adj (of a person)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • gars adj (of a person)

Latin

4 entries
  • altus adj (of a person)
  • altus adj (of a building)
  • prōcērus adj (of a person)
  • prōcērus adj (of a building)

Latvian

2 entries
  • augsts adj (of a building)
  • garš adj (of a person)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • aukštas adj (of a person)

Livonian

4 entries
  • kuordi adj (of a building)
  • kuordõ adj (of a person)
  • kuordõ adj (of a building)
  • pitkā adj (of a person)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wusoki adj (of a building)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • висок adj (of a person)
  • висок adj (of a building)

Malay

2 entries
  • tinggi adj (of a person)
  • tinggi adj (of a building)

Maltese

1 entries
  • twil adj (of a person)

Maranao

2 entries
  • malekeiog adj (of a person)
  • malekeiog adj (of a building)

Marathi

2 entries
  • उंच adj (of a person)
  • उंच adj (of a building)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өндөр adj (of a person)

Māori

1 entries
  • hūroaroa adj (of a person)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • auto adj (of a person)
  • auto adj (of a building)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अग्लो adj (of a person)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • le adj (of a person)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • dirêj adj (of a person)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • høy adj (of a person)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اوزون adj (of a person)
  • بزرك adj (of a person)
  • یوكسك adj (of a building)

Pashto

3 entries
  • جګ adj (of a person)
  • جګ adj (of a building)
  • لوړ adj (of a building)

Persian

3 entries
  • الدنگ adj (of a person)
  • بلند adj (of a person)
  • بلند adj (of a building)

Polish

2 entries
  • wysoki adj (of a person)
  • wysoki adj (of a building)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • alto adj (of a person)
  • alto adj (of a building)
  • exagerado adj (of a story)

Quechua

1 entries
  • hatun adj (of a person)

Romanian

2 entries
  • înalt adj (of a person)
  • înalt adj (of a building)

Russian

3 entries
  • высо́кий adj (of a person)
  • высо́кий adj (of a building)
  • ро́слый adj (of a person)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • उच्च adj (of a person)
  • उच्च adj (of a building)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vìsok adj (of a person)
  • vìsok adj (of a building)
  • вѝсок adj (of a person)
  • вѝсок adj (of a building)

Slovak

2 entries
  • vysoký adj (of a person)
  • vysoký adj (of a building)

Slovene

2 entries
  • visòk adj (of a person)
  • visòk adj (of a building)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • бийик adj (of a person)
  • бийик adj (of a building)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries
  • دِریژ adj (of a person)

Spanish

2 entries
  • alto adj (of a person)
  • alto adj (of a building)

Swahili

2 entries
  • refu adj (of a person)
  • refu adj (of a building)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hög adj (of a person)
  • hög adj (of a building)
  • lång adj (of a person)
  • lång adj (of a story)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • matangkad adj (of a person)
  • matayog adj (of a building)

Tajik

4 entries
  • баланд adj (of a building)
  • калон adj (of a cup of coffee)
  • қадбаланд adj (of a person)
  • қаддароз adj (of a person)

Tamil

3 entries
  • உயரமான adj (of a person)
  • உயரமான adj (of a building)
  • நெட்டை adj (of a person)

Tatar

1 entries
  • биек adj (of a person)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పొడుగు adj (of a building)

Thai

2 entries
  • สูง adj (of a person)
  • สูง adj (of a building)

Turkish

4 entries
  • uzun adj (of a person)
  • uzun adj (of a building)
  • uzun adj (of a story)
  • yüksek adj (of a building)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • belent adj (of a person)
  • uzyn adj (of a person)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • висо́кий adj (of a person)
  • висо́кий adj (of a building)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اونچا adj (of a person)
  • لمبا adj (of a building)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • baland adj (of a person)
  • uzun adj (of a person)

Venetan

2 entries
  • alt adj (of a person)
  • alt adj (of a building)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cao adj (of a person)
  • cao adj (of a building)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tal adj (of a person)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • siab adj (of a person)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הויך adj (of a person)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • sang adj (of a person)
  • sang adj (of a building)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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You are as tall as I am.

Source: tatoeba (4909)

How tall you are!

Source: tatoeba (16442)

How tall are you?

Source: tatoeba (16472)

I saw you with a tall boy.

Source: tatoeba (17766)

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