Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mortal

1 sense of mortal

Sense 1
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
       => causal agent, cause, causal agency -- (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

Antonyms of adj mortal

4 senses of mortal

Sense 1
mortal (vs. immortal) -- (subject to death; "mortal beings")

immortal (vs. mortal) -- (not subject to death)
        => amaranthine, unfading -- (of an imaginary flower that never fades)
        => deathless, undying -- (never dying; "his undying fame")
        => deific -- (characterized by divine or godlike nature)

Sense 2
deadly, mortal (prenominal) -- (involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins")

INDIRECT (VIA unpardonable) -> pardonable -- (admitting of being pardoned)

Sense 3
mortal (prenominal) -- (unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy")

INDIRECT (VIA merciless) -> merciful -- (showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god")

Sense 4
deadly, deathly, mortal -- (causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness")

INDIRECT (VIA fatal) -> nonfatal -- (not bringing death; "nonfatal heart attack")

Similarity of adj mortal

4 senses of mortal

Sense 1
mortal (vs. immortal) -- (subject to death; "mortal beings")
       => earthborn -- (of earthly origin (as mortals are); "earthborn existence")
          Also See-> earthly#1; finite#1

Sense 2
deadly, mortal (prenominal) -- (involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins")
       => unpardonable (vs. pardonable) -- (not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior")

Sense 3
mortal (prenominal) -- (unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy")
       => merciless (vs. merciful), unmerciful -- (having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating")

Sense 4
deadly, deathly, mortal -- (causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness")
       => fatal (vs. nonfatal) -- (bringing death)

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