Term: simile: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Candidate hypernym: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense → 1
Candidate hypernym: gagman: someone who writes comic material for public performers → 0
Candidate hypernym: nephrolithiasis: the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney → 0
Candidate hypernym: all-or-none law: (neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus → 0
Candidate hypernym: historiography: a body of historical literature → 0
Candidate hypernym: apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function → 0
Candidate hypernym: window washer: someone who washes windows → 0
Candidate hypernym: rose chafer: a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses → 0
Candidate hypernym: swaziland monetary unit: monetary unit in Swaziland → 0
Candidate hypernym: roaster: flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting → 0
Candidate hypernym: bantam: any of various small breeds of fowl → 0