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similes

similes is the plural of simile.

Meaning of simile

Noun

simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
    • He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]1826, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours, volume 33
    Antonyms:
    dissimile
  2. Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
  3. Something similar that's not a clone.

Phrases with similes

Questions about similes

What is similes the plural of?
Similes is the plural of simile.

Words near similes in the dictionary

  1. similatives
  2. similativity
  3. simile
  4. similect
  5. similects
  6. similes
  7. similia
  8. similiar
  9. Similien
  10. Similiens
  11. similies

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