TALL

adj. 1 high, towering, big, soaring, lofty, giant, gigantic; multi-storey The giant sequoias of California are the tallest trees in the world There are many tall buildings in most major cities. 2 lanky, gangling, rangy, leggy, long-legged, big, giant, huge, gigantic, large Some of those basketball players are unbelievably tall 3 exaggerated, overblown, far-fetched, improbable, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous, overdone, absurd, Colloq Brit steep He told us some amusing tall tales about his fishing adventures