# simile

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪməli/ · frequency rank #59,018

## Definitions
1. A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
2. Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
3. Something similar that's not a clone.

## Etymology
From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/simile