Synonyms for mortal
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fatal — causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.)
fatal, lethal, baneful, killing, poisonous, destructive, pernicious
2. Deadly
deathly, internecine, deadly dated rare
3. Dying
dying, transitory, perishable, transient, ephemeral, short-lived, fleeting, impermanent, evanescent, volatile
Other
earth-born, merciless, extreme, tedious, mortalled slang UK
Noun
1. Soul
human, human being, soul, man, body, person, individual, someone, somebody
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
- adj. 2
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
- adj. 3
Punishable by death.
- n. 1
A human; someone susceptible to death.
Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal.
Related words
- Word family
- mortality mortally
- Phrases
- mortal remains mortal sin
Forms
- Plural
- mortals → humans, souls, bodies, persons…
Example sentences
- fatal Make the best of one's lot with fatal resignation.
- lethal Pufferfish can be lethal if not prepared properly.
- baneful The world was tainted by the baneful influence of the demon king.
- deathly I’m deathly afraid of turning left onto that street.
- dying The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
By length
- 3 letters
- man1
- 4 letters
- body2, soul1
- 5 letters
- human2, dying2, fatal2
- 6 letters
- person2, deadly2, lethal2
- 7 letters
- someone2, killing2, extreme2, tedious3, deathly2, baneful
- 8 letters
- somebody3, volatile3, fleeting2
- 9 letters
- poisonous3, transient2, ephemeral4, merciless3, earthling2, mortalled
- 10 letters
- individual5, pernicious3, perishable4, transitory4, evanescent4
- 11 letters
- destructive3, internecine4, impermanent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body2 = 2 syllables).