Can't we use a simile here?
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Simile
//ˈsɪməli//
Synonyms for "simile" (108 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
emphasisexclamationfigure of speechgeminationhypallagehyperbatonhyperboleidentityimageimitationinversionironylikenesslikeninglitotesmalapropismmatchingmeiosismetaphormetonymy
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mimickingnearnessonomatopoeiaopposingoppositionoxymoronparallelismparegmenonparenthesisparityperiphrasispersonificationpleonasmpreteritionprolepsisproportionregressionrelationrepetitionresemblancesamenesssarcasmsemblancesimilaritysimilitudesimulationspeechspoonerismsyllepsissymplocesynecdochetrope of comparisonweighingzeugma
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1 entriescoordinate
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1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
16 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَشْبِيه noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təşbeh noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Belarusian
1 entries- параўна́нне noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сравне́ние noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Catalan
1 entries- símil noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 明喻 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- 比喻 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- 直喻 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- 譬喻 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Czech
1 entries- přirovnání noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Danish
2 entries- lignelse noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- sammenligning noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Dutch
1 entries- vergelijking noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Finnish
1 entries- vertaus noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
French
1 entries- comparaison noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Georgian
1 entries- შედარება noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
German
2 entries- Gleichnis noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- Vergleich noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Greek
1 entries- παρομοίωση noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Hebrew
1 entries- דִּמּוּי noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Hungarian
1 entries- hasonlat noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Icelandic
3 entries- líking noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- samlíking noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- viðlíking noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Italian
1 entries- similitudine noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Japanese
3 entries- シミレ noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- 比喩 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- 直喩 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Korean
2 entries- 시밀레 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- 직유 noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Macedonian
1 entries- споредба noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഉപമ noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Māori
1 entries- kupu whakarite noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- simile noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Persian
1 entries- تشبیه noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Polish
1 entries- porównanie noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Portuguese
1 entries- símile noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Romanian
1 entries- comparație noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Russian
1 entries- сравне́ние noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उपमा noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- poredba noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- poređenje noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- usporedba noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
- поредба noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Slovak
1 entries- prirovnanie noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Slovene
1 entries- primera noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Spanish
1 entries- símil noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Swahili
1 entries- tashbihi noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Swedish
1 entries- liknelse noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Tamil
1 entries- உவமை noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Thai
1 entries- อุปมา noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Turkish
1 entries- teşbih noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Ukrainian
1 entries- порі́вняння noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Uzbek
1 entries- tashbih noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Vietnamese
1 entries- so sánh noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Welsh
1 entries- cymhariaeth noun (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A simile is like a bridge.
Source: tatoeba (9432667)
He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]
Source: wiktionary
The second was a fancy, which amounts to a mania, for similes, strung together in endless lists, and derived as a rule from animals, vegetables, or minerals, especially from the Fauna and Flora of fancy.
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