towering

adjective

tow·​er·​ing ˈtau̇(-ə)r-iŋ 

1

: impressively high or great : imposing

towering pines

2

: reaching a high point of intensity : overwhelming

a towering rage

3

: going beyond proper bounds : excessive

towering ambitions

toweringly adverb

Synonyms

• tall
• high

Examples of towering in a Sentence

He flew into a towering rage.

the towering mountain peaks of the Rockies

Recent Examples on the Web

At a time when most goalies were under 6 feet, Dryden was a towering 6-foot-4, 205 pounds, but still had nimble feet to dance around the net and kick pucks into the corners. —Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

Here, Ne Zha 2 succeeds wildly; locales such as a heavenly city made entirely of jade and a towering, bamboo-verdant waterfall are rendered with genuinely beautiful texture and detail. —Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025

The Stockyards location is a towering, two-story, 11,416-square-foot brick cold-storage warehouse and meat locker that opened in the heyday of the Fort Worth Stockyards cattle market and nearby meat packinghouses. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025

Use it to capture the single, towering, bright-yellow oak tree, for example. —Mike De Sisti, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for towering

• cowering
• flowering
• glowering
• powering
• scouring
• showering
• souring
• devouring
• empowering

Kids Definition

towering

adjective

tow·​er·​ing

1

: rising high : tall

towering mountain peaks

towering skyscrapers

2

: reaching a high point of strength or force

a towering rage

3

: going beyond proper bounds

towering ambitions