Antonyms for tall

Antonyms for (adj) tall

Main entry: tall

Definition: great in vertical dimension; high in stature

Usage: tall people; tall buildings; tall trees; tall ships

Antonyms: short, little

Definition: low in stature; not tall


Antonyms: short

Definition: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length


Antonyms: short

Definition: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration


Antonyms: short

Definition: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration


Antonyms: short

Definition: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices


Main entry: tall, marvellous, marvelous, improbable

Definition: too improbable to admit of belief

Usage: a tall story

Antonyms: credible, believable

Definition: capable of being believed


Main entry: tall

Definition: impressively difficult

Usage: a tall order

Antonyms: easy

Definition: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort


Antonyms: soft

Definition: yielding readily to pressure or weight


Antonyms: soft

Definition: compassionate and kind; conciliatory


Antonyms: soft

Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')


Antonyms: diffuse, diffused, soft

Definition: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected


Main entry: tall, grandiloquent, magniloquent

Definition: lofty in style

Usage: he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying

Antonyms: unrhetorical

Definition: not rhetorical


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