seven-footer

Extremely tall person

A seven-footer is a person who stands seven feet tall or taller, almost always referring to a basketball player: The team drafted a seven-footer to anchor their defense.

The term emphasizes exceptional height—being seven feet tall puts someone in roughly the 99.99th percentile of human height.

stature

towering

Of imposing height

leggy · gangly · beanpole · imposing · commanding · head-turner · model · height · wingspan · presence

basketball

center

Middle of anything

  • NBATop-tier American court league
  • dunkBriefly submerge in liquid
  • reboundReturn after deflection

block · rim · post-up · paint · lane · pivot · alley-oop · basket · backboard · court

mythology

giant

Being of huge size

behemoth · cyclops · ogre · Atlas · Hercules · Polyphemus · Nephilim · Antaeus · Brobdingnagian · Argus

Opposites
height/stature

seven-footerdwarf

Diminutive folkloric being

midget · little person · shorty · shrimp · runt

physical dominance/presence

seven-footerpint-sized

Very small in size

small fry · little guy · miniature · slight · petite

Family

seven, foot, footer, sevenfold, seventh, seventeen, seventeenth, seventy, seventieth

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G