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Is simile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word simile is a Scrabble US word. The word simile is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1I1M3I1L1E1

Is simile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word simile is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1I1M3I1L1E1

Is simile a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word simile is a Words With Friends word. The word simile is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1I1M4I1L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

MISLIE,SIMILE,

5-letter words (4 found)

LIMES,MILES,SLIME,SMILE,

4-letter words (14 found)

ELMS,ISLE,LEIS,LIES,LIME,MELS,MILE,MILS,MISE,SEIL,SEMI,SILE,SIMI,SLIM,

3-letter words (15 found)

ELM,ELS,EMS,ISM,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,MEL,MES,MIL,MIS,SEI,SEL,SIM,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EM,ES,IS,LI,ME,MI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from simile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of simile

simile

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪməli/

Noun

simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia)

  1. A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
    Antonym: dissimile
    Hypernym: figure of speech
    Coordinate term: (when the comparison is implicit) metaphor

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Translations

See also

  • metaphor
  • Category:English similes
  • Appendix:English similes

Further reading

  • simile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • mislie, smilie

Esperanto

Adverb

simile

  1. similarly

Interlingua

Adjective

simile (comparative plus simile, superlative le plus simile)

  1. similar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin similis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.mi.le/
  • Rhymes: -imile
  • Hyphenation: sì‧mi‧le

Adjective

simile (plural simili)

  1. similar
  2. such

Synonyms

  • similare

Antonyms

  • diverso, differente, dissimile

Related terms

  • similitudine
  • similmente
  • simil-

Anagrams

  • mesili, smieli

Latin

Adjective

simile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of similis

References

  • “simile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian simile.

Adverb

simile

  1. simile

Source: wiktionary.org