Word "TALL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
too improbable to admit of belief
Synonyms:
improbable, marvellous, marvelous
Examples:
a tall story

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
lofty in style
Synonyms:
grandiloquent, magniloquent
Examples:
he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a garment size for a tall person

Crossword Clues for TALL

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More than average height
A giant? That's hard to believe (4)
Towering USA Today 15 Apr 2024
Incredible score for the most part (4)
Like the sequoias Wall Street Journal 03 Apr 2024
Small Starbucks size Commuter 27 Mar 2024
Big score written concisely (4)
Lofty is in hospital, luckily (4)
Like most WNBA players USA Today 07 Mar 2024
Mentally, it's a bit lofty (4)
Lofty but improbable (4)
Apt to be looked up to? (4)
Like a giraffe
Lofty as the story one is unlikely to believe (4)
Thanks for the fifty quid - I can hardly believe it! (4)
Lofty ambitions may belie frailness at heart
Like people who can see over other's heads
Lofty in style (4)
Of great height Newsday 13 Feb 2024
Able to reach high shelves
High Mirror Quick 06 Feb 2024
Stallion gets big Mirror Cryptic 06 Feb 2024
Able to reach things on high shelves
Like redwoods
Like most NBA players
Like someone who might often get asked if they play basketball
Like Jeff Goldblum and Vince Vaughn
Needing to duck to get through a low doorway, maybe
Like a skyscraper
Above average height Puzzler Backwords 13 Jan 2024
Like most NBA players
A lofty "That's rather far-fetched" (4)
Handsome exaggerated (4)
High, lofty (4)
Lofty Mirror Classic 25 Dec 2023
Towering Newsday 22 Dec 2023
Like a twenty-storey building
Towering Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2023
___ order (difficult task)
Not short, lofty (4)
Hard to believe Newsday 08 Dec 2023
Hard to believe, as a tale New York Times 06 Dec 2023
___ order (Tough task)
Unbelievably high (4)
Like most WNBA players Universal 21 Nov 2023
Towering Eugene Sheffer 08 Nov 2023
Like a skyscraper
Like someone well over six feet, say
Like many supermodels LA Times Daily 02 Oct 2023
Not short
Towering Eugene Sheffer 14 Sep 2023
___ tale (difficult to believe story)
Of great height The Times Concise 12 Sep 2023
Like skyscrapers Thomas Joseph 14 Aug 2023
Outlandish Newsday 12 Aug 2023
Six feet and above, say
Like a giraffe
Small size at Starbucks USA Today 27 Jun 2023
Like most basketball players LA Times Daily 20 Jun 2023
With 12 Down, unlikely story Newsday 07 Jun 2023
With 17 Across, whopper of a story Newsday 04 Jun 2023
'That's a ___ order' USA Today 23 May 2023
Like someone who's 7'6' USA Today 10 May 2023
__ tale LA Times Daily 30 Apr 2023
"Sarah, Plain and __": Newbery winner by Patricia MacLachlan LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2023
Like WNBA players, in general Universal 16 Apr 2023
Like certain orders or tales Universal 12 Apr 2023
Like skyscrapers LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2023
Small Starbucks size Universal 30 Mar 2023
Like someone well over six feet, say
Starbucks size LA Times Daily 08 Mar 2023
Like giraffes Premier Sunday 19 Feb 2023
Like Goofy, compared to Donald and Mickey Family Time 05 Feb 2023
Towering Eugene Sheffer 16 Jan 2023
___ order (difficult task)
Like someone head and shoulders above the rest? Universal 02 Jan 2023
Like most NBA players USA Today 29 Nov 2022
Like tales that are hard to believe Universal 25 Nov 2022
Towering Eugene Sheffer 22 Nov 2022
Lofty The Telegraph Quick 12 Nov 2022
Like the Sitka spruce USA Today 30 Oct 2022
"The ___ Guy," 1989 rom-com starring Jeff Goldblum alongside Rowan Atkinson
Seven-foot, say New York Times 19 Oct 2022
Towering USA Today 12 Oct 2022
Towering Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2022
With 112-Down, fish story LA Times Daily 25 Sep 2022
Like many NBA players
'That's a ___ order' USA Today 28 Aug 2022
Like most WNBA players USA Today 26 Aug 2022
Like one on stilts New York Times 21 Aug 2022
Time everyone finds hard to believe The Times Cryptic 15 Aug 2022
Lofty, as skyscrapers Newsday 08 Aug 2022
Like most NBA players Universal 21 Jul 2022
Like several basketball players
Towering USA Today 04 Jul 2022
Like most WNBA players
Towering Newsday 15 Jun 2022
Towering Wall Street Journal 13 Jun 2022
Great Scott, finally everybody is together The Telegraph Toughie 10 Jun 2022
'Oh, he's a ___ drink of water' USA Today 07 Jun 2022
Towering Eugene Sheffer 23 May 2022
Towering Newsday 19 May 2022
Like some orders and tales Universal 17 Apr 2022
High in stature Irish Times Simplex 17 Mar 2022
Able to reach the top shelf, maybe The Washington Post Sunday 13 Mar 2022
Of more than average height The Times Concise 11 Mar 2022
Far-fetched accounts and short stories? On the contrary The Guardian Quiptic 28 Feb 2022
Like someone well over six feet, say
Unlikely The Washington Post 25 Feb 2022
Unlikely LA Times Daily 25 Feb 2022
Skyscraping Newsday 11 Feb 2022
Starbucks size after Short The Washington Post 07 Feb 2022
Starbucks size after Short LA Times Daily 07 Feb 2022
Like some tales New York Times 02 Feb 2022
Like most NBA players
Is not short of covering up parental leave Irish Times Crosaire 14 Jan 2022
Like most WNBA players Universal 02 Jan 2022
High time Rosalind essentially left The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Dec 2021
Like giraffes and giants
How a proud person might stand Wall Street Journal 08 Dec 2021
Like sequoias USA Today 27 Nov 2021
Like redwood trees USA Today 14 Nov 2021
High Irish Times Simplex 27 Oct 2021
Towering Eugene Sheffer 13 Oct 2021
Towering Eugene Sheffer 18 Sep 2021
How the prideful stand Newsday 12 Sep 2021
Like most basketball players
Like a certain tale or order Universal 01 Sep 2021
Hard to believe Newsday 05 Aug 2021
Proud way to stand USA Today 30 May 2021
Far-fetched, as a tale Universal 28 May 2021
Hard to believe Newsday 27 May 2021
Lofty New York Times 23 May 2021
Towering USA Today 06 May 2021
Far-fetched Wall Street Journal 28 Apr 2021
Towering Eugene Sheffer 24 Apr 2021
Shortish cup size at Starbucks Wall Street Journal 22 Apr 2021
Like some orders New York Times 04 Apr 2021
Looking down on one's peers? Universal 30 Mar 2021
Like people who are much looked up to New York Times 28 Mar 2021
In need of extra legroom, perhaps USA Today 24 Mar 2021
Starbucks order
Like most NBA players Premier Sunday 31 Jan 2021
Kiosk failing to open? That's hard to believe The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jan 2021
Like doubtful tales or difficult orders Wall Street Journal 16 Jan 2021
Like some tales Jonesin 12 Jan 2021
Small Starbucks size Universal 10 Jan 2021
___ order (difficult task)
Like unlikely tales LA Times Daily 29 Dec 2020
Like unlikely tales The Washington Post 29 Dec 2020
Unlikely to add up if short
Like many basketball players USA Today 15 Dec 2020
Towering The Telegraph Quick 12 Dec 2020
Like a giraffe Universal 25 Nov 2020
High in height USA Today 10 Nov 2020
Is not short of covering up parental leave Irish Times Crosaire 31 Oct 2020
Like Paul Bunyan, or tales about Paul Bunyan USA Today 19 Oct 2020
___ order (difficult task)
Some neat allegory hard to believe The Sun Two Speed 16 Sep 2020
Towering The Sun Two Speed 16 Sep 2020
High temperature? Totally
Like a skyscraper USA Today 28 Aug 2020
With 53 Down, improbable story Newsday 25 Aug 2020
Like skyscrapers
Of great height Newsday 18 Aug 2020
Like Wookiees New York Times 17 Jul 2020
Like tales you can't believe New York Times 14 Jul 2020
Like a center in the WNBA USA Today 05 Jul 2020
Like most centers in basketball New York Times 29 Jun 2020
12 ounces, at Starbucks The Washington Post 21 Jun 2020
12 ounces, at Starbucks LA Times Daily 21 Jun 2020
"That's a ___ order!" Universal 26 May 2020
Like most WNBA players USA Today 21 May 2020
Towering person
High in stature Irish Times Simplex 27 Apr 2020
Six feet and above, say
Like some orders, metaphorically or coffee-wise USA Today 13 Apr 2020
'That's a ___ order' USA Today 08 Apr 2020
Unlikely score Yankee discounted
Like skyscrapers USA Today 31 Mar 2020
Like most NBA players' height
More than average height
Hard to believe, as a tale Family Time 15 Dec 2019
Like many WNBA players Universal 14 Nov 2019
Hard to believe, as a tale Newsday 05 Nov 2019
Statuesque Thomas Joseph 24 Oct 2019
High The Telegraph Quick 10 Oct 2019
& 23 Across Difficult dilemma of lanky sisters? The Telegraph Toughie 02 Oct 2019
Like some skyscrapers
Unlikely The Washington Post 20 Sep 2019
Unlikely LA Times Daily 20 Sep 2019
Like someone well over six feet, say
Like a redwood USA Today 30 Jun 2019
Often looked up to? The New Yorker 17 Jun 2019
Like many supermodels USA Today 29 May 2019
More than average height
7'6", say Universal 20 Mar 2019
Starbucks size Universal 18 Feb 2019
Imposing, as a structure Newsday 01 Feb 2019
Of great height The Times Concise 16 Jan 2019
Lofty Newsday 07 Jan 2019
Starbucks size Wall Street Journal 05 Jan 2019
Starbucks size
7'6", say
Like a redwood
Like many supermodels
Far-fetched, as a tale
Starbucks size
Unlikely
Lofty lines on reserve force
Statuesque Newsday 03 Dec 2018
6 feet, 10 inches Family Time 18 Nov 2018
Like many NBA players in terms of height
Desirable height characteristic in the NBA
Like improbable tales Universal 24 Oct 2018
Towering The Washington Post 22 Oct 2018
Towering LA Times Daily 22 Oct 2018
Lofty, as skyscrapers Newsday 15 Oct 2018
Statuesque Family Time 15 Oct 2018
Like Boban Marjanovic Jonesin 02 Oct 2018
Like most NBA players Thomas Joseph 24 Sep 2018
Always bumping one's head on doorways, say New York Times 24 Sep 2018
___ tale (unbelievable story)
Skyscraping Premier Sunday 26 Aug 2018
Starbucks order Wall Street Journal 23 Aug 2018
Made up, in a way Newsday 04 Aug 2018
Unlikely to add up if short
Like some Starbucks cups The New Yorker 16 Jul 2018
Starbucks size USA Today 11 Jul 2018
Having great height Newsday 09 Jul 2018
Hard to believe The Washington Post 29 Jun 2018
Hard to believe LA Times Daily 29 Jun 2018
Like many hoops stars Premier Sunday 24 Jun 2018
Like skyscrapers
Towering height
Like Bunyan tales USA Today 24 May 2018
Of good height, as most basketball players
Time everyone of more than average height
Skyscraping Newsday 18 Mar 2018
Towering height, like a skyscraper
Unlike Jose Altuve USA Today 06 Jan 2018
6'11', say Jonesin 02 Jan 2018
Unlike Jose Altuve
Starbucks size
Like Bunyan tales
Like some tales
Starbucks order
Always bumping one's head on doorways, say
Hard to believe
Towering
Like improbable tales
6'6', say Premier Sunday 24 Dec 2017
Of great height The Telegraph Quick 08 Dec 2017
High score – 80 percent
Lofty Canadiana 16 Oct 2017
Not short Family Time 08 Oct 2017
Above average in height Newsday 21 Aug 2017
Like Paul Bunyan tales USA Today 11 Aug 2017
Like most hoopsters USA Today 10 Aug 2017
7'0', say Premier Sunday 23 Jul 2017
Barely credible saga when last character's gone and left The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jul 2017
One way to stand New York Times 06 Jul 2017
Of high standing? Newsday 30 Jun 2017
Like pants with a 36-inch inseam USA Today 28 Jun 2017
Like Shaquille O'Neal Universal 23 Jun 2017
Has a notable height, as a skyscraper
Starbucks order The Washington Post 03 Jun 2017
Starbucks order LA Times Daily 03 Jun 2017
Like some frosty ones Universal 31 May 2017
Like a seven-footer Newsday 12 May 2017
Like some tales or orders
Like wearers of 31-Across USA Today 07 Mar 2017
Starbucks option The Washington Post 23 Feb 2017
Like a tale that's hard to believe Universal 08 Jan 2017
Like most hoopsters
Like pants with a 36-inch inseam
One way to stand
Like some frosty ones
Like a tale that's hard to believe
Like Shaquille O'Neal
Starbucks order
Like Paul Bunyan tales
The part of parental leniency that's far-stretched Irish Times Crosaire 28 Dec 2016
Like some trees or tales Jonesin 20 Dec 2016
Like any NBA center Universal 18 Nov 2016
Improbable, as a tale USA Today 22 Oct 2016
Like a giant Premier Sunday 14 Aug 2016
One way to stand The Washington Post 05 Aug 2016
Like some orders or tales USA Today 29 Jul 2016
Definitely not short Family Time 11 Jul 2016
Ironically, small Starbucks size New York Times 12 Jun 2016
Like Lincoln Thomas Joseph 02 Jun 2016
__ order Newsday 28 May 2016
Like most supermodels LA Times Daily 12 May 2016
Size at Starbucks The Washington Post 02 May 2016
With 9 Down, yard of ale, e.g Newsday 09 Apr 2016
Skyscraping New York Times 27 Mar 2016
Like most NBA players Universal 28 Feb 2016
Far-fetched The Washington Post 24 Feb 2016
Very, very long-legged USA Today 20 Feb 2016
Like many basketball players The Washington Post 17 Feb 2016
Great! Unbelievable! The Telegraph Toughie 26 Jan 2016
Fictitious New York Times 17 Jan 2016
Like NBA players Eugene Sheffer 04 Jan 2016
Fictitious
Like any NBA center
Like skyscrapers
Like some orders or tales
Like most supermodels
Ironically, small Starbucks size
Like a Douglas fir Wall Street Journal 22 Dec 2015
Like giraffes Premier Sunday 08 Nov 2015
Improbable LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2015
With 32-Across, whopper New York Times 21 Oct 2015
Towering Wall Street Journal 21 Aug 2015
Lofty Eugene Sheffer 09 Jul 2015
Outlandish Newsday 04 Jul 2015
Long-legged USA Today 18 Jun 2015
Unlikely description of a giraffe? The Telegraph Toughie 12 May 2015
Towering Newsday 21 Apr 2015
Like ponderosa pines Wall Street Journal 20 Mar 2015
One way to walk New York Times 19 Feb 2015
With one's head in the clouds? New York Times 04 Feb 2015
Towering Premier Sunday 18 Jan 2015
Like most NBA players USA Today 04 Jan 2015
Towering
Outlandish
Improbable
Like most NBA players
One way to stand
Like ponderosa pines
Towering
Towering
Like a Douglas fir
One way to walk
With 32-Across, whopper
With one's head in the clouds?
Lofty
__ order
Like giraffes
Living the high life?
Passion Pit "Let Your Love Grow ___"
Robert Plant "___ Cool One"
Long-legged
Time everyone of more than average height
Time everyone got high
Statuesque
Lofty
John Mellencamp "Walk ___"
Hard to believe, as a story
Like skyscrapers
Like hard-to-believe tales
Starbucks size
Skyscraping
Farfetched
Like some orders or tales
Good thing to be on a basketball court
With 22-Across, extravagant account
Kind of order
Unlikely, as a tale
Like most hoopsters
Like some orders
One way to stand
Lanky
Desirable NBA height?
Hard to believe
Statuesque
Lofty
Six-foot-eleven, e.g.
Like some orders
Hard to believe, as a story
Above average in height
One way to stand
Bruce "Walk ___, or baby, don't walk at all"
Like giants
Unbelievable, say
12 ounces, at Starbucks
Hardly height-challenged
Far-fetched, as a tale
Like a hard-to-fill order
Men's suit specification
One way to walk
Like some tales
Hard to believe, as a tale
Improbable, as a tale
Yao-like
Fictitious
Like basketball centers
One way to walk
Like Dubai's Burj Khalifa
Starbucks size
One way to stand
Hard to believe, as a tale
Fictitious
Hardly height-challenged
Venti alternative at Starbucks
Yao-like
Six-foot-ten, e.g.
Towering installation
Like an NBA power forward
Skyscraping
Starbucks size
Like difficult orders
Like the Willis Tower and Shaq
Like a skyscraper
Like Shaq
Like difficult orders
Like most NBA players
Perfect for basketball
Above average in height
Good thing to be in the NBA
Seven-foot, e.g.
Like a hard-to-fill order
Unbelievable
Improbable, in a way
Like 9 Down
Six-foot-eight, for example
Like skyscrapers
Like a hard-to-fill order
Above-average in height
Towering
Towering
Like most N.B.A. players
Like a difficult order
Like most basketball stars
Outlandish
Starbucks coffee order
Like Magic?
Like NBA centers
Like fantastic tales
Dark and handsome companion
Like most hoopsters
Deserving of skepticism
___ tale (far-fetched story)
Like some tales
"Long ___ Sally"
Starbucks order
Like fantastic tales
Like NBA centers
Far-fetched
Seven-foot, say
Not quite believable
Like many NBA players
Like most hoopsters
Albee's "Three ___ Women"
Like some orders
Over six feet, say
Unbelievable, as a tale
Proud way to stand
Like an N.B.A. center
Proud way to stand
Unbelievable, as a tale
Head-and-shoulders above
Dark and handsome companion?
One way to stand
Like some orders
Like Magic?
Hard to believe
Skyscraping
Like Yao Ming
Like some tales
Looking down on one's peers
Like an NBA player
At risk from ceiling fans
Like many models
Hard to believe
Grandiloquent
High-flown
Unbelievable
Improbable, as a story
Sort of order
Improbable
Hard to believe
Exaggerated, as a story
Type of order
Like most cagers
Type of tale or order
Like some tales
Like some orders
Like most cagers
Like most pro basketballers
"Long __ Sally"
Like most hoopsters
Standing 6'6", say
Type of order
Looking down on people?
Statuesque
Towering
Type of tale or order
Statuesque
Ready to be mowed, as grass
Kind of drink or tale
Improbable
Little Richard's "Long ___ Sally"
Size at Starbucks
Like a skyscraper
Giantlike
Hard to believe
Kind of tale
Statuesque
Kind of tale
Kind of tale
Like most cagers
High in stature
Companion of dark and handsome
Word with order or tale
Looked up to?
Exaggerated
Far-fetched
Like basketball centers
Like some tales
Like some tales
Like basketball centers
Hard to believe
Far-fetched
Exaggerated
High
Like some tales
"Highly" exaggerated
Statuesque
Far-fetched
Like someone looked up to?
Hard to believe
Not minute, like Manute
Like Paul Bunyan, or his tales
Coffee size
Exaggerated
Like most Celtics?
Like reedy plants
Like Yao Ming
Kind of order
Above average in height
Like reedy plants
Kind of order
Fanciful
Like a Paul Bunyan tale
Like Rebecca Lobo
Like some tales
Like Magic
Hard to believe
'-- Paul' ('59 hit)
Like most basketball players
Farfetched
Bumping one's head on the ceiling, say
With 57-Down, whopper
Built like Wilt
Like some orders
Like skyscrapers
Albee's "Three ___ Women"
Daunting, as an order
Way to stand?
Unlike Barbara Mikulski
Like most N.B.A. stars
Hard to believe, as a story
Like a hard-to-believe tale
Laker-like
Coffee size
Like NBA power forwards
Like some tales or orders
Some tales
Vertically elongated
Lofty
Elongated
Desirable NBA height
Long-legged
Hard to believe
Lofty
Like Magic?
Seven-foot, e.g.
Fanciful
Like some orders
Type of tale
Description of Shaquille
Like most NBAers
Like Paul Bunyan or his tales
Like some tales
Long-limbed
Like most basketball stars
Rangy
Exaggerated
Like most cagers
Like a skyscraper
Like a six-footer
Improbable perhaps
Like Bill Bradley
Like some tales
Like the Sears Tower
Big^TAL
Dark and handsome companion
Like Albee's three women
Hardly height-challenged
Hard to believe, as a tale
Hard to believe, as a story
Some stories
Like Jordan
Like Wilt the Stilt
Like Shaquille O'Neal
Lofty
Unlikely, in a way
Like Shaquille
Like a highball glass
Like a seven-footer
Like giants
Seven-foot e.g.
Like Lincoln
Exaggerated, as a story
Like many an order
Like Wilt Chamberlain
Lanky
Goes with dark and handsome
Like Shaq
Like some stories
Six-foot or more
Ready to be mowed, as grass
The ____ Men : Gable film
Kind of tale
Kind of story
Improbable
Rangy
Dark and handsome companion
Statuesque
Six-foot two, for example
Lofty
Fanciful, as a story
Fanciful, as a yarn
"Long ___ Sally"
Like Manute Bol of the N.B.A.
Like Bunyan's tales
Like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kind of story
Like Bol of basketball
Lanky
Like some glasses
Like Abdul-Jabbar
Like Pat Ewing
Like Manute Bol
Adjective for Ralph Sampson
Like Bol of the Bullets
Like Manute Bol
Adjective for Robert Parish
How heroes stand
Like some tales
Kind of tale
Wayne's "___ in the Saddle"
Incredible, as an account
Like Parish of the Celtics
Fanciful, as a tale
Like hoopster Gilmore
Like Wilt
___ tale
Like a basketball center
With 36 Across, like a pinup man
Word with ship or story
Exaggerated
Like some ships
___ in the saddle
Adjective for Dave Cowens
Like most basketball players
"___ in the saddle"
Improbable, as a tale
Like a redwood
Like some drinks
Like basketball players
Like a highball glass
Kind of story or order
Kind of order or tale
Like some yarns
Partner of dark and handsome
Word for some stories
"And all I ask is a ___ ship"
Incredible
Like Willis Reed
Suit length
Like Alcindor.
Improbable.
High.
Growing up.
Statuesque.
Lofty.
Long.
Large.
Towering.
Incredible: Colloq.
High-flown: Colloq.
___ order.
Like a grandfather clock.
Kind of story.
Descriptive of many athletes.
___ in the saddle.
"___ oaks from little acorns . . . "
Like a beanpole.
Adjective for a sequoia.
Exaggerated: Colloq.
Of stature.
Describing basketball players.
High and slender.
"___, dark and handsome."
___ order (excessive demand): Slang.
Large: Colloq.
Rangy.
Six-feet-six.
Hard to believe: Colloq.
High-pocketed.
Over six feet.
Hard to believe, as a story: Colloq.
Lanky.
Extravagant: Colloq.
"Sarah, Plain and ___" (1986 Newbery winner)
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