Related Words for similes

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Word	Syllables	Categories
metaphors	/xx	Noun, Noun
prose	/	Noun
poesy	/xx	Noun
wordplay	/x	Noun
puns	/	Noun
adverbs	/x	Noun
synonyms	/xx	Noun
epigrams	xxx	Noun
adjectives	/xx	Noun
alliteration	x/xxx	Noun
etymologies	xx/xx	Noun
analogies	x/xx	Noun
prepositions	xx/x	Noun
neologisms	x/xxx	Noun
rhyming	/x	Noun
aphorisms	/xxx	Noun
syllables	/xx	Noun
idioms	/xx	Noun
couplets	/x	Noun
vocabulary	x/xxx	Noun
lyrics	/x	Noun
mot juste	//x	Phrase, Noun
diphthongs	/x	Noun
verbiage	/xx	Noun
versification	xxx/x	Noun
punctuation	xx/x	Noun
participles	/xxx	Noun
alliterative	x/xxx	Noun
passages	/xx	Noun
profundity	x/xx	Noun
pentameter	x/xx	Noun
lyricism	/xxx	Noun
phraseology	xx/xx	Noun
mnemonics	x/x	Noun
apostrophes	x/xx	Noun
meanings	/x	Noun
subjunctive	/xx	Noun
phrases	/x	Noun
prosody	/xx	Noun
ashbery	/xx	Name
allusions	x/x	Noun
haiku	/x	Noun
marginalia	/x/x	Noun
nouns	/	Noun
digressions	x/x	Noun
schopenhauer	/xxx	Name
lexis	/x	Name
vowels	/x	Noun
convolutions	/xxx	Noun
quatrains	x/	Noun
percy bysshe shelley	/x//x	Name, Name
baudelaire	/x/	Name
catullus	x/x	Name
proverbs	/x	Noun
narratives	/xx	Noun
dostoevsky	x/x	Name
syllogisms	/xxx	Noun
pedantry	/xx	Noun
allegories	/xxx	Noun
conceits	x/	Noun
homeric	x/x	Adjective
epithets	/xx	Noun
parables	/xx	Noun
personifications	x/xx/x	Noun
antitheses	x/xx	Noun
poems	/x	Noun
tropes	x	Noun
homely	/x	Adjective
iliad	/xx	Name
apt	/	Adjective
epic	/x	Adjective
abounds	x/	Verb
comparisons	x/xx	Noun
rabbis	/x	Noun
halting	/x	Verb
homer	/x	Name
lost	/	Noun
arresting	x/x	Verb
poetical	x/xx	Adjective
odyssey	/xx	Noun
profusion	x/x	Noun
elliptical	x/xx	Adjective
fondness	/x	Noun
anecdotes	/xx	Noun
elaborate	x/x	Adjective
quaint	/	Adjective
images	/xx	Noun
extended	x/x	Adjective, Verb
vivid	/x	Adjective
picturesque	/xx	Adjective
illustrations	xx/x	Noun
extravagant	x/xx	Adjective
imagery	/xx	Noun
sayings	/x	Noun
illustrative	x/xx	Adjective
symbols	/x	Noun
striking	/x	Adjective, Verb
employs	x/	Verb
poetic	x/x	Adjective
descriptions	x/x	Noun
uses	/x	Verb
colorful	/xx	Adjective
figures	/x	Noun
evoke	x/	Verb
expressions	x/x	Noun
string	/	Noun
imaginative	x/xxx	Adjective
graphic	/x	Adjective
sentences	/xx	Noun
drawn	/	Verb
borrowed	/x	Verb
examples	x/x	Noun
comparing	x/x	Verb
see	/	Verb
beautiful	/xx	Adjective
comic	/x	Adjective
descriptive	x/x	Adjective
are	/	Verb
series	/x	Noun
arguments	/xx	Noun
illustrate	/xx	Verb
cluster	/x	Noun
poets	/x	Noun
heroic	x/x	Adjective
brilliant	/x	Adjective
abundance	x/x	Noun
succession	x/x	Noun
describing	x/x	Verb
convey	x/	Verb
dictionary	/xxx	Noun
biblical	/xx	Adjective
duets	x/	Noun
epitaphs	/xx	Noun
fables	/x	Noun
playthings	/x	Noun
quotations	x/x	Noun
recitations	xx/x	Noun