similes

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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Noun
  • With his calm demeanor and distinctive baritone, Biggie exhibited a rare talent for painting pictures with his bars, delivering a complex rhyme scheme of double entendres and metaphors that has kept him on the Mount Rushmore of rap for any true connoisseur of the genre.
    Shirley Halperin for The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Powerful metaphors shape perception.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Similes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/similes. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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