SIMILE

simile

(noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia)

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

Hypernyms

• figure of speech

Antonyms

• dissimile

Anagrams

• mislie, smilie

Source: Wiktionary

Simi"*le, n.; pl. Similes. Etym: [L., from similis. See Similar.] (Rhet.)

Definition: 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. A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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