n.
Pronunciation: s ə - ' mi-l ə - ˌ tüd, - ˌ tyüd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, allegory, analogy, from Latin similitudo resemblance, from similis
Date: 14th century
1 a : COUNTERPART , DOUBLE b : a visible likeness : IMAGE
2 : an imaginative comparison : SIMILE
3 a : correspondence in kind or quality b : a point of comparison
synonyms see LIKENESS