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SIMILE

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor

The meaning of the word simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor.

Random words

WordMeaning
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
forebearsancestor
noveltysomething new or unusual
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
indissolublenot dissoluble