English Adjective 'tall (taller, tallest) (of a building, etc) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high. (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. Antonyms short Related terms tall story Translations Breton: (thing) uhel, (person) bras Catalan: alt French: (thing, person) haut German: (thing) hoch, hohe, (person) groß Italian: (thing, person) alto Spanish: alto m, alta f