Associations to the word «Simile»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SIMILE, noun. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King