towering
Other forms: toweringly
Towering things are extremely tall, like the towering skyscrapers in New York City or the towering redwoods in northern California.
Use the adjective towering to describe gigantic things that loom over everything (or everyone) else. There's the towering basketball player in your yoga class who is at least a foot taller than the other students, and the towering addition your neighbor is building on his house — the one that will block your view of the lake. The verb tower means "to rise high," from the Latin for "tower," turris.
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of imposing height; especially standing out above others
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Many of the words on this list have their origin in mythology or fiction, coming from the names of gods, giants, and monsters. That's fitting, because these terms can be used to describe the biggest animals, buildings, storms, and events that you've ever seen. For more synonym lists, explore our Say What You Mean resources.
Learn these words from the realistic fiction by Sherry Garland (Inside: Level B, Unit 3). Here are our links to the selections of "A New Chapter": The Lotus Seed, A Suitcase of Seaweed; Immigrants Today, The Lemon Story, Brothers in Hope, Refugees Find New Lives, The New Colossus Here are our links to the units of Level B: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary