taller

ADJECTIVE

high in stature, length

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big great lanky rangy soaring towering

STRONG

beanstalk elevated giant

WEAK

alpine altitudinous high-reaching lank lofty sizable sky-high skyscraping statuesque

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little short small tiny unimportant

WEAK

believable low reasonable sensible

ADJECTIVE

exaggerated, unreasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hard steep

STRONG

absurd impossible

WEAK

demanding difficult embellished exorbitant farfetched implausible outlandish overblown preposterous unbelievable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

mild

STRONG

reasonable

WEAK

believable little low sensible short small

Example Sentences

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To tackle the fire, they climbed the so-called confinement structure that stands taller than the Statue of Liberty and covers the destroyed reactor to prevent radiation from escaping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

One April in the mid-1990s, Football Focus visited Crystal Palace after a new directive was introduced to make goals 2ft wider and 2ft taller...

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Trump says the arch will be the largest in the world, taller than the 164-foot Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“We don’t build things that are taller than the native vegetation,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

I noticed she was more slender than I thought she’d be, and taller, too.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan