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a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar
"She's as fierce as a tiger" is a simile, but "She's a tiger when she's angry" is a metaphor.
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These circumstances conducive to socialization are most obviously available for young people on athletic teams, but the sports simile is easily applicable to young people in marching band, theater productions, student council, volunteer and community settings and the robotics club.
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Jeff Nelligan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Later, when asked about his evolution as a coach, Harbaugh described himself as open to change and used a mall-entrance simile to make his point.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
As the simile suggests, the pen could be used as a weapon, producing militant verses that would advance the nationalist cause.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
The simile is not confined just to the eyes but can be used to praise the beauty, softness and radiance of a lover’s or the divine’s face, feet or hands.
—Archana Venkatesan, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
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Jeff Nelligan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Later, when asked about his evolution as a coach, Harbaugh described himself as open to change and used a mall-entrance simile to make his point.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
As the simile suggests, the pen could be used as a weapon, producing militant verses that would advance the nationalist cause.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
The simile is not confined just to the eyes but can be used to praise the beauty, softness and radiance of a lover’s or the divine’s face, feet or hands.
—Archana Venkatesan, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for simile
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“Simile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simile. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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