What is a descriptive word for tall?

What is a descriptive word for tall?

In this page you can discover 55 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tall, like: towering, skyhigh, altitudinous, grandiloquent, marvellous, high, unbelievable, short, improbable, elevated and large.

What words describe height?

Words used to describe height – thesaurus

• elevated. adjective. formal raised above the ground, or higher than the surrounding area.
• high. adjective.
• high. adverb.
• higher. comparative of high.
• knee-high. adjective.
• knee-high to a grasshopper. phrase.
• level. adjective.
• lofty. adjective.

What is a very tall person called?

hulk. noun. someone who is very tall and heavy.

What are different words for tall?

tall

• big.
• great.
• lanky.
• rangy.
• soaring.
• towering.
• beanstalk.
• elevated.

What is tall for a woman?

Not any longer. Now, 5’7″ seems to be considered tall for most women in the U.S. and 5’9″ seems to be considered tall for women by pretty much everyone in the U.S. But if a woman is Chinese or Philippine, she will be considered tall at 5’5″, even in the U.S.

How do you describe tall?

adjective, tall·er, tall·est. having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass. having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall. large in amount or degree; considerable: a tall price; Swinging that deal is a tall order.

How do you describe someone who is tall?

What is the synonyms of huge?

Some common synonyms of huge are colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, mammoth, and vast.

What height is tall for a 14-year-old?

How tall should a 14 year old male be?

Age (years)	50th percentile height for boys (inches and centimeters)
13	61.4 in. (156 cm)
14	64.6 in. (164 cm)
15	66.9 in. (170 cm)
16	68.3 in. (173.5 cm)

Is 5ft7 tall for a 14-year-old?

What is the average height of a 14-year-old boy? The average 14-year-old boy measures 66.7 inches, or 5 feet 7 inches. 14-year-old males in the 5th percentile of the average measure 5 feet tall. 14-year-old males in the 90th percentile measure 5 feet 9 inches.

What is the simile of tall?

List of AS… AS Similes

as happy as a lark	very happy
as tall as a giraffe	very tall
as thin as a rake	very thin
as timid as a rabbit	very timid
as tough as leather	very tough

What is adjective of huge?

adjective. /hyudʒ/ 1extremely large in size or amount; great in degree synonym enormous, vast a huge crowd He gazed up at her with huge brown eyes. huge debts a huge amount of data The sums of money involved are potentially huge.

What are some adjectives for tall?

What is the adjective for tall? (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high. (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale. (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.

What is the antonym for tall?

tall(adj) a garment size for a tall person. Antonyms: dumpy, squabby, stumpy, thickset, credible, believable, low-set, heavyset, short-stalked, chunky, half-length, pint-sized, little, easy, pint-size, sawed-off, runty, squab, short, squat, unrhetorical, squatty, stocky, compact, sawn-off, thick.

What is a synonym for taller?

English Synonyms: more detail… taller: higher; larger; taller tall: long; tall; large; great; big; vast; considerable; enormous; substantial; remarkable; conspicuous; notable; striking; respectable; at large extent; tall of stature; marvellous; improbable; marvelous; grandiloquent; magniloquent. tall

What is another word for tallest?

It is found here on the Oxford Dictionary site, and here on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary site. Other words are lofty (rising to a great height, very tall and impressive), altitudinous (extending to a great distance upward), statuesque (tall and beautiful, of a woman), rangy (tall and thin, of a person), etc.