Thesaurus results for SIMILES

similes

noun

plural of simile

as in metaphors

grammar 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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Recent Examples of similes Salazar-Thompson’s witty script — packed with hilarious metaphors and similes (like comparing a woman’s firm grip on her purse to that of a two-toed sloth on a branch) — make for a consistently amusing trip back in time. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026

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metaphors

Noun

That really informed the story so much more than any other job, in terms of opening up the metaphors of film projection and damage inspection reports and how that might inform how Birdie kind of lives and thinks.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
Salazar-Thompson’s witty script — packed with hilarious metaphors and similes (like comparing a woman’s firm grip on her purse to that of a two-toed sloth on a branch) — make for a consistently amusing trip back in time.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026