Unfortunately I don't think QListView is a good solution mainly because not all the big words will have the same width size. Using the ListView control I have a grid with all the columns sized as the largest width element in the list that is not what I would. Just for a moment forget the presence of the "small words below the big words". In this case this will be a normal editor with standard text written using big font (like this text I'm writing). In add of this standard text every big words will have a small word below. An example could be a text written in a foreign language and below every words the meaning of the word in your language written smaller...