Taller is an adjective that represents height or vertical length. The antonyms for this term can be shorter, smaller, or diminutive. Shorter refers to the opposite of being tall, and it indicates a lesser measure of physical height. Smaller can be used to describe an object or person that lacks significant size or height. Diminutive refers to being small or tiny in size, emphasizing the petite scale of an object or person. Antonyms for taller are commonly used in pairs or comparisons to highlight the contrast between objects or individuals. Understanding these antonyms helps to communicate differences in vertical length and height.

What are the antonyms for Taller?

• adj.

  • shorter
  • more curtailed
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  • more diminished
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  • more lessened
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  • most curtailed
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  • most lessened
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  • smaller
  • shorter
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Usage examples for Taller

Famous quotes with Taller

• Maybe because she's smaller than me she might look taller.

  Amber Benson
• I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought.

  Christie Brinkley
• I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.

  Kirsten Dunst
• I wrote somewhere during the Cold War that I sometimes wish the Iron Curtain were much taller than it is, so that you could see whether the development of science with no communication was parallel on the two sides. In this case it certainly wasn't.

  Thomas Gold
• Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line.

  Jeremy Irons

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