simile (redirected from Similes)

sim·i·le  (sm-l)

n.

A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).

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[Middle English, from Latin, likeness, comparison, from neuter of similis, like; see similar.]

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simile [sim-ill-ee]

Noun

a figure of speech that likens one thing to another of a different category, introduced by as or like [Latin: something similar]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

simile - a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Translations

simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] n → símil m

simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] n → comparaison f

simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] n (Ling) → Vergleich m

simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] n → similitudine f

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simile

n simile [ˈsiməli]

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