Definition of Simile

1. Noun. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as').

Generic synonyms: Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope

Definition of Simile

1. n. A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.

Definition of Simile

1. Noun. A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using ''like'' or ''as''. ¹

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Definition of Simile

1. a figure of speech [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Simile

simian hand
simian immunodeficiency virus
simian malaria
simian vacuolating virus No. 40
simian virus
simians
similar
similarities
similarity
similarly
similarness
similars
similary
similative
similative case
simile (current term)
similes
similia
similia similibus curantur
similiar
similies
similimum
similise
similised
similises
similitude
similitudes
similitudinary
similize
similized

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