Clues for the word "SIMILE"
We've had 94 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 133 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on March 31, 2026.
Definition of simile
- n. - A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Referring Clues
- "My love is like a red, red rose," e.g.
- Cousin of a metaphor
- Pretty as a picture, e.g.
- Hot as a pistol, e.g.
- Comparison
- Writer's device
- "Life is like a box of chocolates," e.g.
- "Sick as a dog," for instance
- Float like a butterfly, say
- "As good as gold," e.g.
- Cute as a button, for one
- Presenter of a likeness?
- Fresh as a daisy, e.g.
- "Healthy as a horse," e.g.
- Neat as a pin, say
- "Proud as a peacock," e.g.
- Sick as a dog, e.g.
- Metaphor's cousin
- Neat as a pin, e.g.
- Tough as nails, e.g.
- "Pretty as a picture," e.g.
- "Quiet as a mouse," e.g.
- "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," e.g.
- "Hot as a pistol," e.g.
- "Smart as a whip," for instance
- "Cool as a cucumber," e.g.
- Cool as a cucumber
- Literary comparison
- Cool as a cucumber, e.g.
- Metaphor kin
- "Pretty as a picture," e.g.
- Black as night, e.g.
- Warm as toast, e.g.
- Warm as toast, e.g.
- As plain as day, e.g.
- "Thick as thieves," e.g.
- Comparative phrase
- Phrase of comparison
- 'Hard as nails,' for one
- 'Cute as a button,' e.g.
- 'Sharp as a tack,' e.g.
- "Red as a beet," for one
- Idiom with "as" in the middle
- Comparing phrase
- Run like the wind, e.g.
- Figure of speech
- As easy as pie, say
- "Sharp as a tack," for example
- Comparison in writing
- Quiet as a mouse, e.g.
- "Feet like ice," e.g.
- Pretty as a picture, for one
- Comparative construction
- "Cold as ice" or "big as life"
- Colorful comparison
- 'Cold as ice,' e.g.
- "As clear as mud," e.g.
- Literary likening
- 'Good as gold,' e.g.
- Good as gold, for example
- "Like a Virgin," for example?
- Look pleased about one figure of speech
- One has to smile about the likeness
- Express amusement about one form of comparison
- The comparison is out by a mile!
- Figure is about 80 chains
- Look pleased about one literary comparison
- Figure of speech used in making comparisons
- A comparison which makes one break into a grin
- Figure of speech making one inside grin
- Show amusement about one as daft as a brush, say
- Metaphor's kin
- Show pleasure about one turn of phrase
- For comparison, is maybe over a mile
- "As American as apple pie," for example
- Metaphor relative
- "Big as life," for one
- Sly as a fox, e.g.
- "Cold as ice," for example
- Figure of speech such as "happy as a clam"
- "Clean as a whistle," e.g.
- Includes "like" or "as"
- "Cool as a cucumber," for one
- Rich as Croesus, e.g.
- "Snug as a bug in a rug," e.g.
- Literary device
- "Cool as a cucumber," for example
- "Free as a bird," for example
- Colorful analogy, perhaps
- Figure of speech with "like" or "as"
- "Good as new," for one
- Sly as a fox, for example
- Light as a feather, e.g.
- Like a fish out of water, e.g.
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - March 31, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 27, 2026
- Daily American - March 10, 2026
- New York Times - February 26, 2026
- Daily American - September 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 24, 2025
- Daily American - May 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 11, 2025
- New York Times - January 29, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 09, 2025
- USA Today - October 01, 2024
- Daily American - August 19, 2024
- Daily American - July 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2024
- Mirror Mini - March 10, 2024
- Daily American - March 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 23, 2024
- LA Times - February 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 30, 2023
- Daily American - September 19, 2023
- LA Times - September 18, 2023
- USA Today - July 09, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 08, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2023
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