simile
noun
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
similes
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pluralof simile.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is notable for his comic similes, but not much else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The Nebraska-born Walz also emanates the positivity of Ted Lasso, a Kansan, minus the stuffed-down crippling depression and the barrage of folksy similes.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Boras then went into one of his similes and word plays.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Writers often resort to similes and metaphors to describe a wine, likening it to a string quartet or a brass band or a ballet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Those whose fables and metaphors, whose similes, and soliloquies, whose diction and je ne sais quoi daily slip into your survival soup, by way of their fingers.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
