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Noun: simile  si-mu-lee
  1. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
    "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"

Derived forms: similes

Type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Encyclopedia: Simile

Nearest

Simchas Torah
Simchat Torah
Simenon
Simeon
Simhat Torah
Simhath Torah
simian
similar
similarity
similarly
simile
similitude
SIMM
Simmental
Simmental cattle
simmer
simmer down
simmering
simnel
simoleon
simoleons