What does simile mean?
Definitions for simile
ˈsɪm ə lisim·i·le
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Princeton's WordNet
simile(noun)
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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.
A simile is like a metaphor.
Etymology: First attested 1393, from simile ("comparison, likeness", "parallel"), originally from simile the neuter form of similis ("like, similar, resembling"). Confer the English similar.
Webster Dictionary
Simile(noun)
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
Etymology: [L., from similis. See Similar.]
Freebase
Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through some connective, usually "like," "as," "than," or a verb such as "resembles." A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Simile
sim′i-le, n. something similar: similitude: (rhet.) a comparison to illustrate anything.—n.pl. Simil′ia, things alike.—v.t. Sim′ilise, to liken, compare.—v.i. to use similitudes.—adv. Simil′liter, in like manner. [L., neut. of similis, like.]
Anagrams for simile »
smilie
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of simile in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of simile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of simile in a Sentence
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad.
The guy did the thing like a bad simile.
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- التشبيه في علم بلاغةArabic
- přirovnáníCzech
- sammenligning, lignelseDanish
- Vergleich, GleichnisGerman
- παρομοίωσηGreek
- komparoEsperanto
- símilSpanish
- vertausFinnish
- comparaisonFrench
- hasonlatHungarian
- kiasanIndonesian
- líking, samlíkingIcelandic
- similitudineItalian
- 比喩, シミレ, 直喩Japanese
- 직유, 直喻Korean
- vergelijkingDutch
- porównaniePolish
- símilePortuguese
- сравнениеRussian
- liknelseSwedish
- kibadalaSwahili
- ஒத்தTamil
- การเปรียบเทียบThai
- sự so sánhVietnamese
- 明喻Chinese
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