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Tall

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Incredible 84% connected

Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.

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Incredible 84% connected

Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.

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Lanky 84% connected

Somewhat lank.

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Lanky 84% connected

Somewhat lank.

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Leggy 84% connected

Having long legs.

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Leggy 84% connected

Having long legs.

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Long 84% connected

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Long 84% connected

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Rhetorical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

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Rhetorical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

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Stately 84% connected

Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.

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Stately 84% connected

Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.

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Statuesque 84% connected

Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesq…

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Statuesque 84% connected

Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesq…

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Broader term 1

Size 76% connected

Six.

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Tallness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.

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Tallness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.

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Big 66% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 66% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Large 66% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 66% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Height 66% connected

The condition of being high; elevated position.

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Height 66% connected

The condition of being high; elevated position.

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Stature 66% connected

The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

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Stature 66% connected

The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

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Synonym 4

Grandiloquent 92% connected

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

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Improbable 92% connected

Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.

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Magniloquent 92% connected

Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

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Marvelous 92% connected

Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

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Antonym 2

Little 94% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Little 94% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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