tallest
- 1Superlative of tall.
The new skyscraper is the tallest building on the skyline.
Among the finalists, she stood as the tallest by a clear margin.
Note
The regular superlative, built with -est rather than "most," as short adjectives usually are. It ranks things by vertical extent: people, buildings, a viaduct whose top stands a long way up. It pairs naturally with longest, which measures the other direction, so a bridge can be the longest without being the tallest. Like most superlatives, it usually takes "the" and a comparison set (in Britain, among the finalists).
tallest is a form of tall
tall, adjective: Of greater than average height from bottom to top; used of people, and of buildings, trees, and other things whose height is great, especially relative to their width. Full entry
- Spelling
- tall → tallest: add -est
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