Associations to the word «Simile»

Wiktionary

SIMILE, noun. A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.

Dictionary definition

SIMILE, noun. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin