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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.

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