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 chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates